Searching for Africa in Brazil: power and tradition in candomblé
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?
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Durham, N.C. [u.a.]
Duke Univ. Press
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Afro-American syncretism
/ Religious ethnology
/ Religious change
/ Brazil
/ Candomblé
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements |
| Further subjects: | B
Cults (Brazil)
B Blacks Religion Brazil B Candomblé (Religion) B Gods, Afro-Brazilian B Blacks (Brazil) Religion B Cults Brazil |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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