Todd Ramón Ochoa
Biographic Data
| ID | 75156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Todd Ramón Ochoa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Todd Ramón |
| FAMILY NAME | Ochoa |
| SIGNATURE | OCHOA T R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 65 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Decay
Ethnographic Excess
Society of the DeadQuita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba
This book explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired “society of affliction” that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. Narrated as an encounter with two teachers of Palo, the book unfolds on the outskirts of Havana as it recounts his attempts to assimilate Palo praise of the dead. Coming to terms with a world in which everyday events and materials are composed of the dead, the author of this book discovers in Palo unexpected resour…
Society of the dead: Nkita Mana Nikta and Palo praise in Cuba
Basurita Ndoki
Society of the Dead: Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba
In Society of the Dead, Todd Ramón Ochoa explores the vibrant and complex world of Cuban ancestor worship, focusing on two distinct but interconnected traditions: Quita Manaquita and Palo Monte. Ochoa argues that these practices, often dismissed as mere superstition or witchcraft, are sophisticated systems of knowledge and power that offer practitioners a means of navigating the challenges of life in Cuba. Through extensive ethnographic research,…
Prendas-Ngangas-Enquisos: Turbulence and the Influence of the Dead in Cuban-Kongo Material Culture
Cuban-Kongo praise of the dead in Havana turns insistently around complex agglomerations of materials called "prendas,""ngangas," and "enquisos." This article addresses the ontological status of "prendas-ngangas-enquisos," which practitioners of Cuban-Kongo affliction practices care for as entities that determine the very possibility of their healing and harming craft. Cuban-Kongo societies of affliction, in Havana collectively referred to as "Pa…
Versions of the Dead: Kalunga, Cuban-Kongo Materiality, and Ethnography
The Cuban-Kongo society of affliction known as Palo educates its initiates in the visceral apprehension of Kalunga, the vast sea of the dead. Kalunga is taught as unstable and unverifiable experience at the limits of sensation-chills, goose bumps, or a fluttering in the chest or stomach. Building on an account of this teaching from fieldwork, I draw from anthropology and philosophy to account for Kalunga's role in Palo materialism. In this articl…
Versions of the Dead: Kalunga, Cuban-Kongo Materiality, and Ethnography
The Cuban-Kongo society of affliction known as Palo educates its initiates in the visceral apprehension of Kalunga, the vast sea of the dead. Kalunga is taught as unstable and unverifiable experience at the limits of sensation-chills, goose bumps, or a fluttering in the chest or stomach. Building on an account of this teaching from fieldwork, I draw from anthropology and philosophy to account for Kalunga's role in Palo materialism. In this articl…
Prendas-Ngangas-Enquisos: Turbulence and the Influence of the Dead in Cuban-Kongo Material Culture
Cuban-Kongo praise of the dead in Havana turns insistently around complex agglomerations of materials called "prendas,""ngangas," and "enquisos." This article addresses the ontological status of "prendas-ngangas-enquisos," which practitioners of Cuban-Kongo affliction practices care for as entities that determine the very possibility of their healing and harming craft. Cuban-Kongo societies of affliction, in Havana collectively referred to as "Pa…
Society of the Dead: Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba
In Society of the Dead, Todd Ramón Ochoa explores the vibrant and complex world of Cuban ancestor worship, focusing on two distinct but interconnected traditions: Quita Manaquita and Palo Monte. Ochoa argues that these practices, often dismissed as mere superstition or witchcraft, are sophisticated systems of knowledge and power that offer practitioners a means of navigating the challenges of life in Cuba. Through extensive ethnographic research,…
Versions of the Dead: Kalunga, Cuban-Kongo Materiality, and Ethnography
The Cuban-Kongo society of affliction known as Palo educates its initiates in the visceral apprehension of Kalunga, the vast sea of the dead. Kalunga is taught as unstable and unverifiable experience at the limits of sensation-chills, goose bumps, or a fluttering in the chest or stomach. Building on an account of this teaching from fieldwork, I draw from anthropology and philosophy to account for Kalunga's role in Palo materialism. In this articl…
Society of the DeadQuita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba
This book explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired “society of affliction” that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. Narrated as an encounter with two teachers of Palo, the book unfolds on the outskirts of Havana as it recounts his attempts to assimilate Palo praise of the dead. Coming to terms with a world in which everyday events and materials are composed of the dead, the author of this book discovers in Palo unexpected resour…
Society of the dead: Nkita Mana Nikta and Palo praise in Cuba
Basurita Ndoki
Society of the Dead: Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba
In Society of the Dead, Todd Ramón Ochoa explores the vibrant and complex world of Cuban ancestor worship, focusing on two distinct but interconnected traditions: Quita Manaquita and Palo Monte. Ochoa argues that these practices, often dismissed as mere superstition or witchcraft, are sophisticated systems of knowledge and power that offer practitioners a means of navigating the challenges of life in Cuba. Through extensive ethnographic research,…
Prendas-Ngangas-Enquisos: Turbulence and the Influence of the Dead in Cuban-Kongo Material Culture
Cuban-Kongo praise of the dead in Havana turns insistently around complex agglomerations of materials called "prendas,""ngangas," and "enquisos." This article addresses the ontological status of "prendas-ngangas-enquisos," which practitioners of Cuban-Kongo affliction practices care for as entities that determine the very possibility of their healing and harming craft. Cuban-Kongo societies of affliction, in Havana collectively referred to as "Pa…
Ethnographic Excess
Decay
Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Cuban History and Society (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (2 works) · Cuba (2 works)