{"product_id":"living-santera-isbn-9781588340771","title":"Living Santería","description":"In 1992 Smithsonian anthropologist Michael Atwood Mason traveled to Cuba for initiation as a priest into the Santería religion. Since then he has created an active oricha “house” and has initiated five others as priests. He is a rare combination: a scholar-practitioner who is equally fluent in his profession and his religion. Interweaving his roles as researcher and priest, Mason explores Santería as a contemporary phenomenon and offers an understanding of its complexity through his own experiences and those of its many practitioners. Balancing deftly between a devotee's account of participation and an anthropologist's theoretical analysis, \u003ci\u003eLiving Santería\u003c\/i\u003e offers an original and insightful understanding of this growing religious tradition.\u003cb\u003eMichael Atwood Mason\u003c\/b\u003e is an anthropologist and exhibit developer at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, where he was a co-curator of the permanent African Voices exhibition.Interweaving his roles as researcher and priest, Mason explores Santería as a contemporary phenomenon and offers an understanding of its complexity.","brand":"Smithsonian Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300694872293,"sku":"NP9781588340771","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781588340771.jpg?v=1767731605","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/living-santera-isbn-9781588340771","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}