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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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Durham, N.C. [u.a.]
Duke Univ. Press
2010
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| Dans: | Année: 2010 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Brésil
/ Syncrétisme afro-américain
/ Ethnologie de la religion
/ Changement religieux
/ Brésil
/ Candomblé
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Cults (Brazil)
B Blacks Religion Brazil B Candomblé (Religion) B Gods, Afro-Brazilian B Blacks (Brazil) Religion B Cults Brazil |
| Accès en ligne: |
Book review (H-Net) Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | 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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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-310) and index |
| ISBN: | 0822346257 |