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Autore |
Sweet James H (James Hoke) |
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Recreating Africa [[electronic resource] ] : culture, kinship, and religion in the African-Portuguese world, 1441-1770 / / James H. Sweet |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Black people - Brazil - Religion |
Black people - Brazil - Social conditions |
Slavery and the church - Brazil - History |
Slavery and the church - Catholic Church - History |
Afro-Brazilian cults |
Electronic books. |
Brazil Civilization African influences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part I. Living and dying in the African-Portuguese diaspora -- Demography, distribution, and diasporic streams -- Kinship, family, and household formation -- Disease, mortality, and master power -- Part II. African religious responses -- Catholic vs. "other" in the world of believers -- Theory and praxis in the study of African religions -- African divination in the diaspora -- Calunds, curing, and medicine in the colonial world -- Witchcraft, ritual, and resistance in the African-Portuguese diaspora -- Part III. Africans and the Catholic Church. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770 |
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