Living Santerķa
, by Mason, Michael AtwoodNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781588340771 | 1588340775
- Cover: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 8/17/2002
In 1992 Smithsonian anthropologist Michael Atwood Mason traveled to Cuba for initiation as a priest into the Santeria religion. Since then he has created an active oricha "house" and has initiated five others as priests. He is a rare combination: a scholar-practitioner who is equally fluent in his profession and his religion. Interweaving his roles as researcher and priest, Mason explores Santeria as a contemporary phenomenon and offers an understanding of its complexity through his own experiences and those of its many practitioners. Balancing deftly between a devotee's account of participation and an anthropologist's theoretical analysis,Living Santeriaoffers an original and insightful understanding of this growing religious tradition.