Atlas de islas sin coches. Segunda parte.

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EL LENGUAJE RITUAL EN EL PALO MONTE MAYOMBE. En el Palo Monte Mayombe, cualquier lenguaje está impregnado de religión: el oral, el escrito, el artístico o el mímico. El poder, la responsabilidad, la obligatoriedad de la palabra y la conciencia de que sólo la palabra altera el mundo, son rasgos muy característicos de este sistema religioso afro­cubano y son objeto de estudio en este libro. En este contexto se anali­zan los conjuros de los nganguleros, los cantos rituales o “mambos” congos, las formas características de la música sacra del Palo Monte Mayombe (la polimetría y la...

[Italiano]: Il libro è il primo risultato di un progetto di ricerca interdisciplinare e internazionale sui disastri di origine naturale verificatisi nei territori governati dalle monarchie borboniche tra il XVIII secolo e l’inizio del XIX. I dodici saggi che lo compongono esplorano le strategie e le pratiche attraverso cui istituzioni e società cercarono di gestire, mitigare e prevenire gli effetti catastrofici di eruzioni, terremoti, inondazioni, carestie ed epidemie, in territori geograficamente lontani e diversi tra loro – dal Mediterraneo occidentale all’America centrale e...