El Monte: Notes on the Religions, Magic, and Folklore of the Black and Creole People of Cuba

by Lydia Cabrera

First published in Cuba in 1954 and appearing here in English for the first time, Lydia Cabrera's El Monte is a foundational and iconic study of Afro-Cuban religious and cultural traditions. Drawing on conversations with elderly Afro-Cuban priests who were one or two generations away from the transatlantic slave trade, Cabrera combines ethnography, history, folklore, literature, and botany to provide a panoramic account of the multifaceted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478018739
• ISBN13: 9781478018735
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 2.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"