Recreating Africa [[electronic resource] ] : culture, kinship, and religion in the African-Portuguese world, 1441-1770 / / James H. Sweet
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 981/.00496 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Brazil Civilization African influences |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Recreating Africa |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908767-0-6 |
| 0-8078-6234-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777595003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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