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Searching for Africa in Brazil : power and tradition in candomblé / Stefania Capone ; translated from the French by Lucy Lyall Grant.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010.Description: xiv, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780822346258 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822346364 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299.6/7340981
LOC classification:
  • BL 2592 C246s 2010
Contents:
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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BL 2592 C246s 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000101892

Traducido de: Quete de l'Afrique dans le candomble.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-310) and index.

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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