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Searching for Africa in Brazil: Power and Tradition in Candomblé

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Description for Searching for Africa in Brazil: Power and Tradition in Candomblé Paperback. An ethnography of Afro-Brazilian religious traditions including Candomble shows that the lines separating one tradition from another are much less fixed than anthropologists and Afro-Brazilian religious elites have maintained. Translator(s): Grant, Lucy Lyall. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 photographs, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLSB; HRKT; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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 researchers, Capone foregrounds the agency of Candomblé leaders. She demonstrates that they successfully imposed their vision of Candomblé on anthropologists, reshaping in their own interest narratives of Afro-Brazilian religious practice. The anthropological narratives were then taken as official accounts of religious ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822346364
SKU
V9780822346364
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About Stefania Capone Laffitte
Stefania Capone is a Professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre (France). She is the author of Les Yoruba du Nouveau Monde: Religion, ethnicité et nationalisme noir aux Etats-Unis.

Reviews for Searching for Africa in Brazil: Power and Tradition in Candomblé
“[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 reflections on the field are thought provoking and important. . . .” - Anadelia Romo, The Americas “Stefania ... Read more

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