Roger Canals' anthropological study of the cult of Maria Lionza, published by Berghahn Books in 2017, based on extended fieldwork among practitioners in Venezuela. It documents Maria Lionza as the central figure of the syncretic Venezuelan religion popularly called Culto a Maria Lionza, which fuses indigenous, African and Catholic elements, and traces her legend, her devotional sites including Sorte mountain, and the religion's Court system of spirit categories. Its strength is sustained ethnographic fieldwork with practicing devotees over several years. Its limit is a focus on visual and material devotional culture rather than a comprehensive doctrinal or historical account of the religion as a whole.
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AuthorRoger Canals
PublisherBerghahn Books
Publication Year2017
Source TypeEthnography
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A dedicated scholarly ethnography by a named anthropologist grounded in extended fieldwork among practicing devotees, published by an academic press, focused on visual and material devotional practice rather than a full doctrinal history. Connections
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This source names Maria Lionza directly: "anthropological study of the cult of Maria Lionza, published by Berghahn Books in 2017, based on extended fieldwork among practitioners in Venezuela."
Source A Goddess in Motion: Visual Creativity in the Cult of Maria Lionza (Canals)Roger Canals
This source names Venezuela directly: "fieldwork among practitioners in Venezuela."
Source A Goddess in Motion: Visual Creativity in the Cult of Maria Lionza (Canals)Roger Canals
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This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Deities, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
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