The taste of blood : spirit possession in Brazilian Candomblé / / Jim Wafer
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| Autore: |
Wafer James William <1948->
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| Titolo: |
The taste of blood : spirit possession in Brazilian Candomblé / / Jim Wafer
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1991 |
| ©1991 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 299/.67 |
| Soggetto topico: | Candomble - Brazil |
| Spirit possession - Brazil | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Ethnography |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Exu -- pt. 2. Caboclo -- pt. 3. Orixá. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Enter the fascinating world of the Condomble regions of Brazil, where interaction between spirits and human is considered an everyday occurrence. Jim Wafer uncovers the social life, rituals, folklore, and engaging personalities of the villagers of Jacari, among whom trances, sorcery, and spirit possession demonstrate the coexistence of different kinds of reality.This ethnography is intriguing not only because of the originality of its approach to the more enigmatic aspects of another culture but also because it uses insights gained from participation in that culture to reflect on the paradoxes inherent in the writer's own culture, and in the human condition in general. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The taste of blood |
| ISBN: | 1-283-21213-7 |
| 9786613212139 | |
| 0-8122-0386-0 | |
| 0-585-12750-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820517603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Contemporary ethnography series.