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Relocating the sacred : African divinities and Brazilian cultural hybridities / Niyi Afolabi.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series, Afro-Latinx futuresPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2022Copyright date: �2022Description: 1 online resource (x, 356 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781438490731
  • 1438490739
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Relocating the sacred.DDC classification:
  • 299.60981 23/eng/20221027
LOC classification:
  • BL2590.B7 A36 2022eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Bahia: Yoruba Diasporic Domain of Activating the Sacred -- Pierre Verger and Yoruba Ritual Altars in Brazil -- Matriarchs of Candombl�e: M�ae Stella de Ox�ossi, M�ae Beata de Yemonj�a, and M�ae Valnizia Bianch -- Jorge Amado and Vasconcelos Maia: The Sea/River as Iemoj�a/Oxum's Domain -- Abdias Nascimento and Nelson Rodrigues: The Fallen Angel as Betrayal of Blackness -- Zora Seljan and Alfredo Dias Gomes: Sacred Feminine Solidarities and Sango's Revenge -- Raul Longo and Robson Pinheiro: Afro-Brazilian Deities in Literary Rituals -- Cl�eo Martins and Chynae: Oi�a and Oxossi in Invocations and Encounters -- Filhos de Gandhi and Cortejo Afro: Candombl�e in the Carnivalesque Frame -- Give Us This Day Our Daily Acaraj�e.
Summary: "Maps manifestations of the sacred and religious syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cultural forms"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "By embracing African deities as a source of creative inspiration and resistance, Afro-Brazilians have appropriated syncretism as a means of not only popularizing African culture but also decolonizing themselves from the past shame of slavery. This book maps the role of African heritage in--and relocation of the sacred to--three sites of Brazilian cultural production: ritual altars, literature, and carnival culture."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bahia: Yoruba Diasporic Domain of Activating the Sacred -- Pierre Verger and Yoruba Ritual Altars in Brazil -- Matriarchs of Candombl�e: M�ae Stella de Ox�ossi, M�ae Beata de Yemonj�a, and M�ae Valnizia Bianch -- Jorge Amado and Vasconcelos Maia: The Sea/River as Iemoj�a/Oxum's Domain -- Abdias Nascimento and Nelson Rodrigues: The Fallen Angel as Betrayal of Blackness -- Zora Seljan and Alfredo Dias Gomes: Sacred Feminine Solidarities and Sango's Revenge -- Raul Longo and Robson Pinheiro: Afro-Brazilian Deities in Literary Rituals -- Cl�eo Martins and Chynae: Oi�a and Oxossi in Invocations and Encounters -- Filhos de Gandhi and Cortejo Afro: Candombl�e in the Carnivalesque Frame -- Give Us This Day Our Daily Acaraj�e.

"Maps manifestations of the sacred and religious syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cultural forms"-- Provided by publisher.

"By embracing African deities as a source of creative inspiration and resistance, Afro-Brazilians have appropriated syncretism as a means of not only popularizing African culture but also decolonizing themselves from the past shame of slavery. This book maps the role of African heritage in--and relocation of the sacred to--three sites of Brazilian cultural production: ritual altars, literature, and carnival culture."-- Provided by publisher.

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