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The Spirit of the Symbol
Author(s) -
Torres JT
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
anthropology and humanism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1548-1409
pISSN - 1559-9167
DOI - 10.1111/anhu.12139
Subject(s) - symbol (formal) , faith , ethnography , sociology , kinship , genealogy , history , anthropology , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics
SUMMARY In December 2014, I traveled to Cuba as part of an ethnographic research team to explore the hybrid identities of those in Perico and Agramonte, Cuba who descend from the Arará. Despite the fact that my family's history is tied to Cuba, this was my first trip to the island. The research project became a personal journey into the ways faith, science, and performance are all intertwined but also unravel one another.