Party for Lazarus

Todd Ramón Ochoa is a cultural anthropologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of Society of the Dead: Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefacePART ONE1 • The Ring and the Altar2 • La Sociedad Africana, 1880–1940: Chacha Cairoamong the Dead and the Santos-Orisás3 • Cucusa Sáez and Her ChildrenPART TWO4 • 1999: Return5 • A Meal for the Dead6 • Opening7 • Slaughter8 • A Bembé for San Lázaro–Babalú AyéPART THREE9 • 2005: Loss10 • A Hole to Fill11 • Dear Elégua12 • 2006: Decay13 • OyáPART FOUR14 • 2009: Deceit15 • Voices of the Dead16 • 2012: Prohibition17 • Lázaro M.18 • Two BembésPART FIVE19 • 2014: Despair20 • Sovereigns of AfflictionEpilogue • 2018: RecoveryNotesBibliographyIndex

"Much more than a traditional ethnography, this work is an affective journey, one that marks the rhythms and sensations of everyday life in a home where Catholic saints, African gods, and the Cuban dead comingle with family, friends, and neighbors."