Lydia cabrera y su yemaya yochun incomparable compendio. Cabrera, the most important thing was to stay true to the version of the investigative material that she had gathered, and for that material to not have passed by what she calls. Ochun can be the oricha on a male or female human head, so she has both sons and daughters in the religion. Lydia cabreras most popular book is afrocuban tales. The preservation of afrocuban culture in the writings of lydia cabrera. The above quotes by cabrera and quiroga serve as useful points of entry to consider the queer nature of the performance of spiritual identities in. Lydia cabrera may 20, 1899 in havana, cuba september 19, 1991 in miami, florida was a cuban independent ethnographer cabrera was a cuban writer and literary activist. Her punishments can be terrible when shes outraged, but shes fair minded and forgiving when proper remorse is shown. He owned a popular literary journal, cuba y america, where lydia got her first experience as a. From childhood she was immersed into the magic realism of afrocuban reality through the nanas who took care of her and fed her with the folktales, religious stories, legends, and rhymes that filled her. Lydia cabrera was a cuban independent ethnographer. Lydia cabrera 19011991, chicana scholar and writer gloria e.
Our site offers the best services and products available on the worldwide web. From inle, the doctor of the orichas, she learned about healing. She was an authority on santeria and other afrocuban religion. Abakua 1958, otan iyebiye 1970, and yemaya and ochun 1974, unfortunately, not all of her.
They also relate in their works the shifting and fluid nature of yemoja and the divinity in her manifestations and in the lives. Water is essential to life, so without yemaya, life on earth wouldnt be possible. Book pdf file lidia cabrera oshun yemaya download free at huge book. Pdf adobe acrobat download lidia cabrera oshun yemaya pdf free book library.
Yemaya is the great mother who lives and rules over the seas. Lydia cabrera was interested in afrocuban folklore. Yemay y och n kariocha, iyalorichas y olorichas lydia cabrera. Oba olo ocha as quoted in lydia cabreras yemaya y ochun2. Although shes maternal and nurturing, shes also fierce. Oba olo ocha as quoted in lydia cabreras yemaya y ochun.
Schwarze geschichten aus kuba di cabrera, lydia e una grande selezione di libri, arte e articoli da collezione disponibile su abebooks. Cabrera, lydia 18991991 a native of havana, cuba, the writer, lydia cabrera, was born into an educated and socially prominent family. A study trip to the lydia cabrera archive at the university of. The best books on the internet for osha, ifa, and palo in english and spanishdirect from cubas elders. Destacada etnologa, investigadora y narradora cubana. Lydia cabrera books in english marketing management kotler pdf espanol, lydia cabrera. Lydia cabrera has 38 books on goodreads with 1008 ratings.
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