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Vodou, Hoodoo & African Diasporic Religions

Wizards and Scientists

Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition

by Stephan Palmié

A historical anthropology of Afro-Cuban religion that examines how Santería and Palo were defined against each other and against modern science. Palmié argues that these traditions are thoroughly modern products of the Atlantic world.

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