Relocating the sacred : African divinities and Brazilian cultural hybridities / Niyi Afolabi.
Material type: TextSeries: SUNY series, Afro-Latinx futuresPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2022Copyright date: �2022Description: 1 online resource (x, 356 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781438490731
- 1438490739
- Yoruba (African people) -- Brazil -- Rites and ceremonies
- Syncretism (Religion) -- Brazil
- Democracy -- Brazil
- Racism -- Brazil
- Brazil -- Religion -- African influences
- Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) -- Br�esil -- Rites et c�er�emonies
- Syncr�etisme -- Br�esil
- Racisme -- Br�esil
- Democracy
- Racism
- Religion -- African influences
- Syncretism (Religion)
- Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies
- Brazil
- 299.60981 23/eng/20221027
- BL2590.B7 A36 2022eb
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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