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Lydia cabrera published over one hundred books during her lifetime. Marial iglesias utset is a visiting research scholar at the afrolatin american research institute, hutchins center, harvard. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. It not only gives an account of a series of practices, but also puts those practices into action in carefully edited glossaries that accompany the text and guide. Genesis, difficulties and reception of a cuban classic. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Lydia cabrera in translation david rockefeller center. The daughter of cuban historian raimundo cabrera, lydia. The wilderness, which was the first major ethnographic study of afrocuban traditions, herbalism and religion.
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