Recreating Africa [[electronic resource] ] : culture, kinship, and religion in the African-Portuguese world, 1441-1770 / / James H. Sweet |
Autore | Sweet James H (James Hoke) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8078-6234-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450711103321 |
Sweet James H (James Hoke) | ||
Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Recreating Africa [[electronic resource] ] : culture, kinship, and religion in the African-Portuguese world, 1441-1770 / / James H. Sweet |
Autore | Sweet James H (James Hoke) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
ISBN |
979-88-908767-0-6
0-8078-6234-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777595003321 |
Sweet James H (James Hoke) | ||
Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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