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Witchcraft and Welfare : Spiritual Capital and the Business of Magic in Modern Puerto Rico.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (336 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292797833
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Witchcraft and WelfareDDC classification:
  • 133.4/3/097295
LOC classification:
  • BF1584
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: RITUAL ALCHEMY -- Part I: SHIFTING FACES -- CHAPTER ONE: GATEKEEPERS AND HERETICS: DISPUTING SACRED TERRITORIES -- CHAPTER TWO: NATION BUILDING AND THE SECULARIZATION OF SPIRITUALITY -- CHAPTER THREE: SPIRITUAL LAISSEZ-FAIRE AND THE COMMODIFICATION OF FAITH -- Part II: THE TECHNOLOGIES OF COSMIC AND WORLDLY SUCCESS -- CHAPTER FOUR: BRUJOS, SAINTS OR BROKERS? -- CHAPTER FIVE: SPIRITUAL ASSETS AND THE ENTANGLEMENTS OF POWER -- CHAPTER SIX: THE GLOBAL BAZAAR OF SPIRITUAL ENTERPRISE -- CHAPTER SEVEN: THE MORAL ECONOMY OF BUREAUCRATIC PROVIDENCE -- CHAPTER EIGHT: ADVOCATES AND LAWYERS OF ANOTHER ORDER -- EPILOGUE: THE HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: RITUAL ALCHEMY -- Part I: SHIFTING FACES -- CHAPTER ONE: GATEKEEPERS AND HERETICS: DISPUTING SACRED TERRITORIES -- CHAPTER TWO: NATION BUILDING AND THE SECULARIZATION OF SPIRITUALITY -- CHAPTER THREE: SPIRITUAL LAISSEZ-FAIRE AND THE COMMODIFICATION OF FAITH -- Part II: THE TECHNOLOGIES OF COSMIC AND WORLDLY SUCCESS -- CHAPTER FOUR: BRUJOS, SAINTS OR BROKERS? -- CHAPTER FIVE: SPIRITUAL ASSETS AND THE ENTANGLEMENTS OF POWER -- CHAPTER SIX: THE GLOBAL BAZAAR OF SPIRITUAL ENTERPRISE -- CHAPTER SEVEN: THE MORAL ECONOMY OF BUREAUCRATIC PROVIDENCE -- CHAPTER EIGHT: ADVOCATES AND LAWYERS OF ANOTHER ORDER -- EPILOGUE: THE HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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