| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 383 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-368) and index. |
| Contents |
The English professors of Brazil. On the diasporic roots of the Yorùbá nation -- The Trans-Atlantic nation. Rethinking nations and transnationalism -- Purity and transnationalism. On the transformation of ritual in the Yorùbá-Atlantic diaspora -- Candomblé's newest nation: Brazil -- Para Inglês Ver. Sex, secrecy, and scholarship in the Yorùbá-Atlantic world -- Man in the "city of women" -- Conclusion: The Afro-Atlantic dialogue -- Appendix A: Geechees and gullahs. The locus classicus of African "survivals" in the United States -- Appendix B: The origins of the term "Jeje." |
| Summary |
Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion with major counterparts in Nigeria, Benin, Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad and the US, utilising sacrifical rituals and spirit possession to persuade the gods to empower and defend their followers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Candomblé (Religion)
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Candomblé (Religion) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Matory, James Lorand. Black Atlantic religion. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005 0691059438 (DLC) 2004057273 (OCoLC)56413603 |
| ISBN |
9781400833979 (electronic book) |
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1400833973 (electronic book) |
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0691059438 |
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0691059446 |
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9780691059433 |
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9780691059440 |
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