Roger Bastide

The African Religions of Brazil

Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations

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Produktbeschreibung

Written by one of France's most brilliant and creative anthropologists, "The African Religions of Brazil" is regarded as a classic in Afro-American studies. First published in France in 1960, the book represents a singular effort to develop a theory of the interpenetrations of African, European, Christian, and non-Christian cultures in Brazil from colonial times to the present. Addressing a remarkable range of topics--from mysticism and syncretism to the problems of collective memory, from the history of slavery in Brazil to world-wide race relations--the work is shaped by the author's rich and original conceptual framework. The result is a compelling study of the origins and growth of a native religious environment. The English translation is supplemented with a biographical foreword by Richard Price and a thematic introduction by Brazilian sociologist Duglas T. Monteiro.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 532
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 854g
• ISBN-13: 9780801886249
• ISBN-10: 0801886244
• Artikelnr.: 22534699

Autorenporträt

At the time of his death in 1974, Roger Bastide was a professor in the Faculté de Lettres et Sciences Humaines at the Sorbonne. Of a rich scholarly legacy of some thirty books and well over three hundred articles, his acknowledged masterwork is The African Religions of Brazil.