Black Atlantic religion : tradition, transnationalism, and matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé /
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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جدول المحتويات:
- 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."