Our Lady of the Exile: Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine in MiamiOxford University Press, 1997 M10 2 - 240 pages 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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... Lady of Charity's shrine in Miami , who were so generous with their time . Teresita and Miguel Nunez and Kitty and Juan Barturen were exceptionally kind . Juan even read most of the manuscript , offering encouragement and suggestions ...
... Lady of Charity's shrine in Miami , who were so generous with their time . Teresita and Miguel Nunez and Kitty and Juan Barturen were exceptionally kind . Juan even read most of the manuscript , offering encouragement and suggestions ...
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... LADY OF CHARITY I The Virgin's Exile : The Cuban Patroness and the Diaspora in Miami 15 Our Lady of Charity in the Homeland , before 1959 16 Our Lady of Charity and Her Devotees in Miami 26 II CONTESTED MEANINGS AT THE SHRINE 2 3 ...
... LADY OF CHARITY I The Virgin's Exile : The Cuban Patroness and the Diaspora in Miami 15 Our Lady of Charity in the Homeland , before 1959 16 Our Lady of Charity and Her Devotees in Miami 26 II CONTESTED MEANINGS AT THE SHRINE 2 3 ...
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... Lady of Charity in Miami 4 2. The interior of the Miami shrine II 3. Planners examine the architectural drawings for the new shrine in 1972 13 4. The statue of Our Lady of Charity in Illescas , Spain 21 5. The statue of the national ...
... Lady of Charity in Miami 4 2. The interior of the Miami shrine II 3. Planners examine the architectural drawings for the new shrine in 1972 13 4. The statue of Our Lady of Charity in Illescas , Spain 21 5. The statue of the national ...
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... Lady of Charity in 1994 55 17. The Reverend Agustín A. Román blesses two male pilgrims at the Miami shrine in 1975 62 18. The view from behind the shrine 73 19. The busts of national heroes Félix Varela and José Martí behind the shrine ...
... Lady of Charity in 1994 55 17. The Reverend Agustín A. Román blesses two male pilgrims at the Miami shrine in 1975 62 18. The view from behind the shrine 73 19. The busts of national heroes Félix Varela and José Martí behind the shrine ...
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... Lady of Charity , sits several hundred yards from the road that leads to the downtown area ( figure 1 ) . Most non - Latino residents do not know it exists , yet it is the sacred center of the Cuban Catholic community in exile . It was ...
... Lady of Charity , sits several hundred yards from the road that leads to the downtown area ( figure 1 ) . Most non - Latino residents do not know it exists , yet it is the sacred center of the Cuban Catholic community in exile . It was ...
Contents
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DEVOTION TO OUR LADY OF CHARITY | 13 |
CONTESTED MEANINGS AT THE SHRINE | 41 |
SHARED MEANINGS AT THE SHRINE | 81 |
Religion Place and Displacement | 134 |
Chronology | 143 |
EnglishLanguage Version of the Structured Interview Questions | 146 |
Notes | 149 |
Select Bibliography | 197 |
Index | 216 |
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