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

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Author:
Capone, Stefania  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Brazil
Date:
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?
Topic:
Candomblé (Religion)  Search this
Cults  Search this
Gods, Afro-Brazilian  Search this
Blacks--Religion  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1057860