| Description |
1 online resource (346 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: The Question of Truth in the Historiography and Ethnography of Ifá Divination; Chapter 1. Truth in Anthropology: From Nature and Culture to Recursive Analysis; Chapter 2. Truth Beyond Doubt: The Alterity of Divination; Chapter 3. Living Ifá: The Matter of Truth; Chapter 4. Mythical Transcendence and Ritual Elicitation: The Cosmo -- Praxis of Ifá Divination; Chapter 5. The Ontology of Motion: Power, Powder, and Vertical Transformation; Chapter 6. Divinatory Metamorphosis: Symbolism, Interpretation, and the Motility of Meaning |
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Chapter 7. The Event of Truth: Coincidence, Revelation, BewildermentChapter 8. Definition and Obligation: The Truth of the Oracles; Conclusion: Anthropological Truth; Epilogue: On Humility; Appendix A: The Naming and Ranking of Divinatory Configurations; Appendix B: "Papers of Ifá": An Example; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
Embarking on an ethnographic journey to the inner barrios of Havana among practitioners of If̀, a prestigious Afro-Cuban tradition of divination, Truth in Motion reevaluates Western ideas about truth in light of the practices and ideas of a wildly different, and highly respected, model. Acutely focusing on If̀, Martin Holbraad takes the reader inside consultations, initiations, and lively public debates to show how If̀ practitioners see truth as something to be not so much represented, as transformed. Bringing his findings to bear on the discipline of anthropology itself |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ifa (Religion) -- Cuba
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Divination -- Cuba
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RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
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Divination
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Ifa (Religion)
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Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Cuba -- Religion
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| Subject |
Cuba
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226349220 |
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0226349225 |
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