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The cultural dynamic of Puerto Rican spiritism: class, nationality, and religion in a Brooklyn ghetto
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1992 • Pages:
By: Figueroa, José E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an evaluation of the role that spiritism plays in '…enhancing or diminishing both national self awareness and working class consciousness' (p.iv). The data for this study were obtained primarily through participant observation and interviews with Puerto Rican workers in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (New York). Figueroa demonstrates that religion (here spiritism), plays a far more positive and liberating role than the social theories of Karl Marx predict. Figueroa illustrates his theory with several case studies including the collective actions of a group of tenants against their landlord, in which religion (or spiritism) acted as a motivating factor in bringing about change in the structure of everyday life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social personality
- Life history materials
- Cultural identity and pride
- Renting and leasing
- Social relationships and groups
- General character of religion
- Religious denominations
- Ethnosociology
- Homosexuality
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1992
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- mid-1970s -- four years (p.27)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- mid-1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Williamsburg, Brooklyn; New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] José E. Figueroa
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- City University of New York, 1981
- UM AAC8203279
- Bibliography: p. 251-260
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--New York (N.Y.)--Religion