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Nagô Grandma and White Papa : Candomblé and the creation of Afro-Brazilian identity / Beatriz Góis Dantas ; translated by Stephen Berg.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Series: Latin America in translation/en traducción/em traduçãoPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780807898482
  • 0807898481
  • 9781469605487
  • 1469605481
  • 0807831778
  • 9780807831779
  • 0807859753
  • 9780807859759
Other title:
  • Nagô Grandma & White Papa [Cover title]
  • Candomblé and the creation of Afro-Brazilian identity
Uniform titles:
  • Vovó Nagô e Papai Branco. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nagô Grandma and White Papa.DDC classification:
  • 299.6/73 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2590.B7 D3513 2009eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction -- The configuration of prestige in the Xangô Terreiros -- Nagô speaks of itself -- Nagô speaks of "the others" -- The construction and meaning of "Nagô purity" -- Uses of Africa by the Nagô Terreiro.
Summary: In this signal work in Brazilian anthropology and African diaspora studies, Dantas compares the formation of religious traditions and ethnic identities in the Brazilian states of Sergipe and Bahia, revealing how they diverged from each other due to their different social and political contexts and needs. This volume makes the book, originally published in Brazil, available in English for the first time.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)295701

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184) and index.

Introduction -- The configuration of prestige in the Xangô Terreiros -- Nagô speaks of itself -- Nagô speaks of "the others" -- The construction and meaning of "Nagô purity" -- Uses of Africa by the Nagô Terreiro.

Print version record.

In this signal work in Brazilian anthropology and African diaspora studies, Dantas compares the formation of religious traditions and ethnic identities in the Brazilian states of Sergipe and Bahia, revealing how they diverged from each other due to their different social and political contexts and needs. This volume makes the book, originally published in Brazil, available in English for the first time.