Indigenous Ancestors and Healing Landscapes Cultural Memory and Intercultural Communication in the Dominican Republic and Cuba

• मुख्य लेखक: Pešoutová, Jana (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Leiden Sidestone Press 2019
• विषय: Archaeology; Caribbean islands; healing traditions; Cuba; Dominican Republic; cultural memory; sacred landscape; healing plants; medicinal history; politics of memory; representation of the past; indigenous people of the Caribbean; Caribbean religions
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This book presents new interpretations of current healing practices in Cuba and the Dominican Republic juxtaposed against the European colonization of the Caribbean after 1492. By combining data from critical historical analyses and ethnographic fieldwork, this research examines current healing land...