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Our Lady of the Exile : Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine in Miami by Thomas A. Tweed (2002, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195155939
ISBN-139780195155938
eBay Product ID (ePID)2243602
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Book TitleOur Lady of the Exile : Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine in Miami
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Social Science
AuthorThomas A. Tweed
Book SeriesReligion in America Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length6 in
Item Width9.1 in
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Dewey Edition21
Reviews"In his effort to explore the relationship of religion, identity, and place, Thomas Tweed undertakes a groundbreaking historical and ethnographic study.... This book provides indispensable source to assess the importance of place and religion in the construction of communal identity and, moreconcretely, in understanding the place of religion in the formation of identity of displaced peoples....This reviewer includes this book among the required texts to be read when engaging the religious and theological landscape of U.S. Latinos/as."---Journal of the American Academy of Religion, "His interest in the subject and his commitment to authenticity and honesty in his analysis prove beyond any doubt that Tweed wanted to provide a thoroughly researched work in the field of religious studies....In essence, Tweed has been able to synthesize in 142 pages a scholarly work of asensitive nature with accuracy and gentleness."--Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, "Our Lady of the Exileis a valuable contribution to the growing literature on Catholic and folk devotional religion. It will spark fruitful discussion in courses on popular religion and/or Latino history and religiosity."--Church History "...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--Catholic Historical Review "...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--The Catholic Historical Review "The book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on popular religion in the United States....This book will be appealing to students of the Cuban experience in the United States and to professors seeking a text that provides ethnographic details on a contemporary religious experience of one of the larger Latino groups in the United States."--Sociology of Religion, "The book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on popular religion in the United States....This book will be appealing to students of the Cuban experience in the United States and to professors seeking a text that provides ethnographic details on a contemporary religious experienceof one of the larger Latino groups in the United States."--Sociology of Religion, "An amazing academic accomplishment! This extensive and exhaustive study of the Cuban exile discusses popular religiosity, theology, geography, history, and anthropology. The author does a wonderful job of articulating various Miami-Cuban religious realties." --Religious Studies Review, "His interest in the subject and his commitment to authenticity andhonesty in his analysis prove beyond any doubt that Tweed wanted to provide athoroughly researched work in the field of religious studies....In essence,Tweed has been able to synthesize in 142 pages a scholarly work of a sensitivenature with accuracy and gentleness."--Journal of Hispanic/LatinoTheology, "Our Lady of the Exile is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on Catholic and folk devotional religion. It will spark fruitful discussion in courses on popular religion and/or Latino history and religiosity."--Church History "...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--Catholic Historical Review "...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--The Catholic Historical Review "The book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on popular religion in the United States....This book will be appealing to students of the Cuban experience in the United States and to professors seeking a text that provides ethnographic details on a contemporary religious experience of one of the larger Latino groups in the United States."--Sociology of Religion, "Our Lady of the Exile is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on Catholic and folk devotional religion. It will spark fruitful discussion in courses on popular religion and/or Latino history and religiosity."--Church History, "Our Lady of the Exile is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on Catholic and folk devotional religion. It will spark fruitful discussion in courses on popular religion and/or Latino history and religiosity."--Church History"...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--Catholic Historical Review"...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--The Catholic Historical Review"The book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on popular religion in the United States....This book will be appealing to students of the Cuban experience in the United States and to professors seeking a text that provides ethnographic details on a contemporary religious experience of one of the larger Latino groups in the United States."--Sociology of Religion"Tweed's sophisticated book explores the ways in which Cuban-Americans construct memory, identity, and notions of utopia through symbolic and religious resources provided by the devotion to Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, the patroness of Cuba, and more specifically, by the shrine built in her honor in Miami....Tweed's approach and theoretical apparatus are truly innovative. In addition to his ethnohistorical approach, he reintroduces space and material cultureto the study of religion in the Americas."--Religious Studies Review"His interest in the subject and his commitment to authenticity and honesty in his analysis prove beyond any doubt that Tweed wanted to provide a thoroughly researched work in the field of religious studies....In essence, Tweed has been able to synthesize in 142 pages a scholarly work of a sensitive nature with accuracy and gentleness."--Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology"Our Lady of the Exile is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on Catholic and folk devotional religion. It will spark fruitful discussion in courses on popular religion and/or Latino history and religiosity."--Church History"...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--Catholic Historical Review"...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--The Catholic Historical Review"The book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on popular religion in the United States....This book will be appealing to students of the Cuban experience in the United States and to professors seeking a text that provides ethnographic details on a contemporary religious experience of one of the larger Latino groups in the United States."--Sociology of Religion, "An amazing academic accomplishment! This extensive and exhaustive study of the Cuban exile discusses popular religiosity, theology, geography, history, and anthropology. The author does a wonderful job of articulating various Miami-Cuban religious realties." --Religious Studies Review "In his effort to explore the relationship of religion, identity, and place, Thomas Tweed undertakes a groundbreaking historical and ethnographic study.... This book provides indispensable source to assess the importance of place and religion in the construction of communal identity and, more concretely, in understanding the place of religion in the formation of identity of displaced peoples....This reviewer includes this book among the required texts to be read when engaging the religious and theological landscape of U.S. Latinos/as." - - -Journal of the American Academy of Religion "Tweed's sophisticated book explores the ways in which Cuban-Americans construct memory, identity, and notions of utopia through symbolic and religious resources provided by the devotion to Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, the patroness of Cuba, and more specifically, by the shrine built in her honor in Miami....Tweed's approach and theoretical apparatus are truly innovative. In addition to his ethnohistorical approach, he reintroduces space and material culture to the study of religion in the Americas."--Religious Studies Review "His interest in the subject and his commitment to authenticity and honesty in his analysis prove beyond any doubt that Tweed wanted to provide a thoroughly researched work in the field of religious studies....In essence, Tweed has been able to synthesize in 142 pages a scholarly work of a sensitive nature with accuracy and gentleness."--Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology "Our Lady of the Exileis a valuable contribution to the growing literature on Catholic and folk devotional religion. It will spark fruitful discussion in courses on popular religion and/or Latino history and religiosity."--Church History "...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--Catholic Historical Review "...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--The Catholic Historical Review, "An amazing academic accomplishment! This extensive and exhaustive study of the Cuban exile discusses popular religiosity, theology, geography, history, and anthropology. The author does a wonderful job of articulating various Miami-Cuban religious realties." --Religious Studies Review "In his effort to explore the relationship of religion, identity, and place, Thomas Tweed undertakes a groundbreaking historical and ethnographic study.... This book provides indispensable source to assess the importance of place and religion in the construction of communal identity and, more concretely, in understanding the place of religion in the formation of identity of displaced peoples....This reviewer includes this book among the required texts to be read when engaging the religious and theological landscape of U.S. Latinos/as." - - -Journal of the American Academy of Religion "Tweed's sophisticated book explores the ways in which Cuban-Americans construct memory, identity, and notions of utopia through symbolic and religious resources provided by the devotion to Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, the patroness of Cuba, and more specifically, by the shrine built in her honor in Miami....Tweed's approach and theoretical apparatus are truly innovative. In addition to his ethnohistorical approach, he reintroduces space and material culture to the study of religion in the Americas."--Religious Studies Review "His interest in the subject and his commitment to authenticity and honesty in his analysis prove beyond any doubt that Tweed wanted to provide a thoroughly researched work in the field of religious studies....In essence, Tweed has been able to synthesize in 142 pages a scholarly work of a sensitive nature with accuracy and gentleness."--Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology "Our Lady of the Exile is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on Catholic and folk devotional religion. It will spark fruitful discussion in courses on popular religion and/or Latino history and religiosity."--Church History "...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--Catholic Historical Review "...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--The Catholic Historical Review, "Our Lady of the Exile is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on Catholic and folk devotional religion. It will spark fruitful discussion in courses on popular religion and/or Latino history and religiosity."--Church History"...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--Catholic Historical Review"...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--The Catholic Historical Review"The book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on popular religion in the United States....This book will be appealing to students of the Cuban experience in the United States and to professors seeking a text that provides ethnographic details on a contemporary religious experience of one of the larger Latino groups in the United States."--Sociology of Religion, "...the careful research and analysis presented in this volume make it a valuable source for scholars and students of Latino religion and religious studies generally, as well as American and ethnic studies, anthropology, and American Catholicism."--Catholic Historical Review, "Tweed's sophisticated book explores the ways in which Cuban-Americans construct memory, identity, and notions of utopia through symbolic and religious resources provided by the devotion to Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, the patroness of Cuba, and more specifically, by the shrine built in herhonor in Miami....Tweed's approach and theoretical apparatus are truly innovative. In addition to his ethnohistorical approach, he reintroduces space and material culture to the study of religion in the Americas."--Religious Studies Review, "In his effort to explore the relationship of religion, identity, andplace, Thomas Tweed undertakes a groundbreaking historical and ethnographicstudy.... This book provides indispensable source to assess the importance ofplace and religion in the construction of communal identity and, moreconcretely, in understanding the place of religion in the formation of identityof displaced peoples....This reviewer includes this book among the requiredtexts to be read when engaging the religious and theological landscape of U.S.Latinos/as."---Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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SynopsisThis book is a study of Cuban-American popular Catholicism, focusing on the shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami. Most non-Hispanic residents of Miami do not even know that the shrine exists, yet it is the sacred centre of the Cuban Community in exile. Founded in 1973, it is now the sixth largest pilgrimage site in the United States, annually attracting hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. Tweed uncovers not only why the shrine attained such importance and attracts so many visitors, but also what it can tell us about larger issues of religion, identity and place., Our Lady of the Exile is a study of Cuban-American popular Catholicism, focusing on the shrine of Our Lady Charity in Miami. Drawing on a wide range of sources and using both historical and ethnographic methods, the book examines the religious life of the Cuban exiles who visit the shrine. Those pilgrims are diverse, and so are the motives that bring them. At the same time, author Thomas A. Tweed argues, Cuban devotees of the national patroness share a great deal. Most come to pray for their homeland and to recreate bonds with other Cubans, on the island and in the diaspora. The shrine is a place where they come to make sense of themselves as an exiled people. The religious symbols there link the past and present and bridge the homeland and the new land. Through rituals and artifacts at the shrine, Tweed suggests, the Cuban diaspora "imaginatively constructs its collective identity and transports itself to the Cuba of memory and desire." While the book focuses on Cuban exiles in Miami, it moves beyond case study as it explores larger issues concerning religion, identity, and place. How do migrants relate to heir homeland? How do they understand themselves after they have been displaced? What role does religion play among these diasporic groups? Building on this study of one exiled group, Tweed proposes a theory of diasporic religion that promises to illuminate the experiences of other groups that have been displaced from their native land. As the first book-length analysis of Cuban-American Catholicism, Tweed's book will be an invaluable resource to scholars and students of not only Religious Studies, American Studies, and Ethnic Studies, but also those who study cultural anthropology, human geography, and Latin American history.
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