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Searching for Africa in Brazil : Power and Tradition in Candomblé /

Analyzes the politics of the "Africanness" of Afro-Brazilian religion, focusing on the conflicts and interplay between academics and practitioners over the past century

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Capone, Stefania
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The messenger of the gods : Exu in Afro-Brazilian religions
  • The spirits of darkness : Exu and Pombagira in Umbanda
  • The religious continuum
  • Reorganizing sacred space
  • Contesting power
  • Exu and the anthropologists
  • In search of lost origins
  • Which Africa? which tradition?