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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1981
Description
Faced with a highly industrial society, traditional Cubans, who
began to leave the island for political reasons since 1959, have
experienced repeated social strains under rapid social changes:
strains at the levels of economics, the family, social relationships
and a system of meaning. Cubans have resisted the pressures of
assimilation from a larger, dominant, group by integrating into
American society while re-enacting their traditional worldview. This
integration has established their diversity, their capacity to select
traits that confrom to, and do not clash with, pre-existent traits,
and their need for supportive, 'liminal,' mechanisms of a 'relational'
quality which C&~ aid them move through life crises. LA Santeria,
the worship of African gods as catholic saints, is one of the adaptive
mechanisms used by Cubans in their process of transculturation. This
syncretism of La Santeria provides a mythological worldview that
integrates meaning in the midst of social stress through ritual activity.
began to leave the island for political reasons since 1959, have
experienced repeated social strains under rapid social changes:
strains at the levels of economics, the family, social relationships
and a system of meaning. Cubans have resisted the pressures of
assimilation from a larger, dominant, group by integrating into
American society while re-enacting their traditional worldview. This
integration has established their diversity, their capacity to select
traits that confrom to, and do not clash with, pre-existent traits,
and their need for supportive, 'liminal,' mechanisms of a 'relational'
quality which C&~ aid them move through life crises. LA Santeria,
the worship of African gods as catholic saints, is one of the adaptive
mechanisms used by Cubans in their process of transculturation. This
syncretism of La Santeria provides a mythological worldview that
integrates meaning in the midst of social stress through ritual activity.
Language
Type
Form
Extent
140 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
14083
Additional Information
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Date Backup
1981
Date Text
1981
Date Issued (EDTF)
1981
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FAU
FAU
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FADT14083
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monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of Anthropology
Person Preferred Name
SOSA, JUAN JORGE.
Graduate College
Physical Description
140 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
LA SANTERIA, A WAY OF LOOKING AT REALITY
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Origin Information
1981
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
LA SANTERIA, A WAY OF LOOKING AT REALITY
Other Title Info
LA SANTERIA, A WAY OF LOOKING AT REALITY