Strategies of dealing with the other: Coexistence and exclusion
Strategies of dealing with the other: Coexistence and exclusion The specific character of Ortiz’s theory of transculturation is dependent on the Cuban context in which, and for which, it was…
The lexicographic studies of Fernando Ortiz Fernández
The lexicographic studies of Fernando Ortiz Fernández This article analyzes the lexicographical studies undertaken by the distinguished Cuban anthropologist and ethnologist Fernando Ortiz Fernández concerning the Spanish spoken in Cuba.…
The fetishes of Fernando Ortiz
The fetishes of Fernando Ortiz A materialistic way to account for the continuities and discontinuities of the extended work of Cuban researcher, writer, and politician Fernando Ortiz, is to follow…
The legacy of Ortiz’s Yorubization of Lucumí: Translation as transculturation
The legacy of Ortiz’s Yorubization of Lucumí: Translation as transculturation The contemporary retranslation and circulation of Lucumí songs for the orishas (deities) among devotees and scholars in Cuba inadvertently reproduces…
Border dialectics and the border multiple: A view from the northern Caribbean
Border dialectics and the border multiple: A view from the northern Caribbean Questions related to hybridity, creolization, and the porosity of cultural forms have long concerned anthropologists. More often than…
A network of networks: Fernando Ortiz, crossroad between cultures
A network of networks: Fernando Ortiz, crossroad between cultures This article analyzes the role that Fernando Ortiz played in the articulation of transatlantic intellectual and academic networks between different Latin…
Fernando Ortiz (and the spiritists?) in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia
Fernando Ortiz (and the spiritists?) in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia This article explores the social framework of spiritism in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia during the time Fernando Ortiz…
Caribbean and Mediterranean counterpoints and transculturations
Caribbean and Mediterranean counterpoints and transculturations Probing the possibilities for transregional anthropological scholarship in light of the Cuban polymath Fernando Ortiz’s prolific work, this introduction surveys the development of Mediterraneanist…
Ethnographic stews: Decennial reflections
Ethnographic stews: Decennial reflections Go to Source
Kinship nomenclatures and kin marriage
Kinship nomenclatures and kin marriage Go to Source
Ritual as theory, theory as ritual
Ritual as theory, theory as ritual Go to Source
How exceptional are the Lòlop’ò?
How exceptional are the Lòlop’ò? Go to Source
The rights of the dead
The rights of the dead Go to Source
Introduction to “Kinship nomenclatures and kin marriage” by Paul Kirchhoff
Introduction to “Kinship nomenclatures and kin marriage” by Paul Kirchhoff Go to Source
Corpses and voices across worlds
Corpses and voices across worlds Go to Source
Ethical citizenship and global development: Exploring the intersections
Ethical citizenship and global development: Exploring the intersections Departing from Aihwa Ong’s influential analysis of citizenship as a Foucauldian cultural project of subject-making, this contribution examines three global development citizen-subjects:…
The future is family
The future is family Future visions energize growing enterprises, states, and families to act. Together, these entwined processes and their conflicts open unpredictable avenues for both profit-making and social transformation.…
Singing a cosmos into being—for silent or argumentative ancestors?
Singing a cosmos into being—for silent or argumentative ancestors? Go to Source
Death rites as existential inquiry
Death rites as existential inquiry Go to Source
Ritual action, context and comparison
Ritual action, context and comparison Go to Source