Black Atlantic religion : tradition, transnationalism, and matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé / J. Lorand Matory.
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TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 383 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
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- 9781400833979
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- 299.6/73 22
- BL2592.C35 M38 2005eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-368) and index.
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."
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.
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