Relocating the sacred: African divinities and Brazilian cultural hybridities
Bahia: Yoruba Diasporic Domain of Activating the Sacred -- Pierre Verger and Yoruba Ritual Altars in Brazil -- Matriarchs of Candomblé: Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, Mãe Beata de Yemonjá, and Mãe Valnizia Bianch -- Jorge Amado and Vasconcelos Maia: The Sea/River as Iemojá/Oxum's Domain -- Abdias Nascim...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | SUNY series, Afro-Latinx futures
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brazil
/ Traditionelle afrikanische Religion
/ Syncretism
/ Afro-Brazilian cult
/ Cultural identity
/ Decolonisation
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BS Traditional African religions KBR Latin America |
| Further subjects: | B
Brazil
Religion
African influences
B Yoruba (African people) (Brazil) Rites and ceremonies B Democracy (Brazil) B Syncretism (Religion) (Brazil) B Racism (Brazil) |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Summary: | Bahia: Yoruba Diasporic Domain of Activating the Sacred -- Pierre Verger and Yoruba Ritual Altars in Brazil -- Matriarchs of Candomblé: Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, Mãe Beata de Yemonjá, and Mãe Valnizia Bianch -- Jorge Amado and Vasconcelos Maia: The Sea/River as Iemojá/Oxum's Domain -- Abdias Nascimento and Nelson Rodrigues: The Fallen Angel as Betrayal of Blackness -- Zora Seljan and Alfredo Dias Gomes: Sacred Feminine Solidarities and Sango's Revenge -- Raul Longo and Robson Pinheiro: Afro-Brazilian Deities in Literary Rituals -- Cléo Martins and Chynae: Oiá and Oxossi in Invocations and Encounters -- Filhos de Gandhi and Cortejo Afro: Candomblé in the Carnivalesque Frame -- Give Us This Day Our Daily Acarajé. "Maps manifestations of the sacred and religious syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cultural forms"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1438490720 |