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Searching for Africa in Brazil: Power and Tradition in Candomblé
Stefania Capone Laffitte
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| #1335841 in Books | Duke University Press Books | 2010-05-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.10 x.80 x6.10l,1.05 | File type: PDF | 336 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| More like a doctoral thesis than a book|By Aaron M. Schulze|I got this book to read before a trip to Salvador, Brazil. I have always been interested in the African religions of Brazil, and I was hoping to understand them better before my trip. This book was a difficult read because it is written more as a doctoral thesis than a book. Unfortunately, I only read about 20% before||
“[T]he volume still stands admirably on its own. . . . [A] fascinating survey of the history of the field. . . . Capone is especially illuminating in her reading of anthropology and its reification of tradition. . . . Capone’s frank reflection
Searching for Africa in Brazil is a learned exploration of tradition and change in Afro-Brazilian religions. Focusing on the convergence of anthropologists’ and religious leaders’ exegeses, Stefania Capone argues that twentieth-century anthropological research contributed to the construction of an ideal Afro-Brazilian religious orthodoxy identified with the Nagô (Yoruba) cult in the northeastern state of Bahia. In contrast to other researche...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Searching for Africa in Brazil: Power and Tradition in Candomblé | Stefania Capone Laffitte. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
