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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821619703321

Autore

Dantas Beatriz Gois

Titolo

Nago Grandma and White Papa : Candomble and the creation of Afro-Brazilian identity / / Beatriz Gois Dantas ; translated by Stephen Berg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009

ISBN

979-88-9313-240-3

1-4696-0548-1

0-8078-9848-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Translation of the books in the series Latin America in translation

Disciplina

299.6/73

Soggetti

Afro-Brazilian religions

Brazil Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Nagô Grandma and White Papa: Candomblé and the Creation of Afro-Brazilian Identity