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Searching for Africa in Brazil : power and tradition in candomblé by Stefania Capone Laffitte, Lucy Lyall Grant is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Searching for Africa in Brazil : power and tradition in candomblé about?
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.
Who reads Searching for Africa in Brazil : power and tradition in candomblé?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Stefania Capone Laffitte, Lucy Lyall Grant
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780822346258
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Sociology, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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