The Formation of Candomblé: Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil (Latin America in Translation) - Tapa blanda

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Parés, Luis Nicolau

 
9781469610924: The Formation of Candomblé: Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil (Latin America in Translation)
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ISBN 10: 1469610922 ISBN 13: 9781469610924
Editorial: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013

Sinopsis

Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Parés traces the formation of Candomblé, one of the most influential African-derived religious forms in the African diaspora, with practitioners today centered in Brazil but also living in Europe and elsewhere in the Americas. Originally published in Brazil and not available in English, The Formation of Candomblé reveals cultural changes that have occurred in religious practices within Africa, as well as those caused by the displacement of enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Departing from the common assumption that Candomblé originated in the Yoruba orixá (orisha) worship, Parés highlights the critical role of the vodun religious practices in its formation process. Vodun traditions were brought by enslaved Africans of Dahomean origin, known as the "Jeje" nation in Brazil since the early eighteenth century. The book concludes with Parés’s account of present-day Jeje temples in Bahia, which serves as the first written record of the oral traditions and ritual of this particular nation of Candomblé.

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Luis Nicolau Parés is professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Bahia. Richard Vernon is senior lecturer in Portuguese and Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Pares traces the formation of Candomble, one of the most influential African-derived religious forms in the African diaspora, with practitioners today centered in Brazil but also living in Europe and elsewhere in the Americas. Originally published in Brazil and not available in English, The Formation of Candomble reveals cultural changes that have occurred in religious practices within Africa, as well as those caused by the displacement of enslaved Africans in the Americas.

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Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Pares traces the formation of Candomble, one of the most influential African-derived religious forms in the African diaspora, with practitioners today centered in Brazil but also living in Europe and elsewhere in the Americas. Originally published in Brazil and not available in English, The Formation of Candomble reveals cultural changes that have occurred in religious practices within Africa, as well as those caused by the displacement of enslaved Africans in the Americas.

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Editorial
The University of North Carolina Press
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1469610922
ISBN 13 
9781469610924
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
426
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9780807833117: The Formation of Candomblé: Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil (Latin America in Translation)

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ISBN 10:  0807833118 ISBN 13:  9780807833117
Editorial: The University of North Carolina..., 2013
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