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The taste of blood : spirit possession in Brazilian Candomblé /
Enter the fascinating world of the Condomble regions of Brazil, where interaction between spirits and human is considered an everyday occurrence. Jim Wafer uncovers the social life, rituals, folklore, and engaging personalities of the villagers of Jacari, among whom trances, sorcery, and spirit poss...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©1991.
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| Colección: | Contemporary ethnography series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Enter the fascinating world of the Condomble regions of Brazil, where interaction between spirits and human is considered an everyday occurrence. Jim Wafer uncovers the social life, rituals, folklore, and engaging personalities of the villagers of Jacari, among whom trances, sorcery, and spirit possession demonstrate the coexistence of different kinds of reality. This ethnography is intriguing not only because of the originality of its approach to the more enigmatic aspects of another culture but also because it uses insights gained from participation in that culture to reflect on the paradoxes inherent in the writer's own culture, and in the human condition in general. -- Publisher description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585127506 9780585127507 9780812203868 0812203860 |