Ways and Travels of the Sacred Feminine from Brazil to Central Europe: Feminine Power and Agency in the Contemporary Umbanda Community Ilê Axé Oxum Abalô
This study examines the Afro-Brazilian theology of the Orixás (Yorùbá deities from West Africa) as practised in a translocated and diasporic Umbanda community in the Central European region of Switzerland, Austria and Germany, the Ilê Axé Oxum Abalô / Terra Sagrada. In contrast to religious traditio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Springer
2020
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Religion in motion
Year: 2020, Pages: 29-47 |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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