Analyzes the politics of the "Africanness" of Afro-Brazilian religion, focusing on the conflicts and interplay between academics and practitioners over the past century.
Analyzes the politics of the "Africanness" of Afro-Brazilian religion, focusing on the conflicts and interplay between academics and practitioners over the past century.
Stefania Capone is a Professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre (France). She is the author of Les Yoruba du Nouveau Monde: Religion, ethnicité et nationalisme noir aux Etats-Unis.
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List of Illustrations vii Preface to the American Edition ix Acknowledgments xi Some Notes on Orthography and Pronunciation xiii Introduction 1 Part I. The Metamorphoses of Exu 1. The Messenger of the Gods: Exu in Afro-Brazilian Religions 35 2. The Spirits of Darkness: Exu and Pombagira in Umbanda 69 Part II. Ritual Practice 3. The Religious Continuum 95 4. Reorganizing Sacred Space 121 5. Contesting Power 143 Part III. The Construction of Tradition 6. Exu and the Anthropologists 173 7. In Search of Lost Origins 203 8. Which Africa? Which Tradition? 233 Conclusion 255 Glossary 263 Notes 269 Bibliography 297 Index 311
List of Illustrations vii Preface to the American Edition ix Acknowledgments xi Some Notes on Orthography and Pronunciation xiii Introduction 1 Part I. The Metamorphoses of Exu 1. The Messenger of the Gods: Exu in Afro-Brazilian Religions 35 2. The Spirits of Darkness: Exu and Pombagira in Umbanda 69 Part II. Ritual Practice 3. The Religious Continuum 95 4. Reorganizing Sacred Space 121 5. Contesting Power 143 Part III. The Construction of Tradition 6. Exu and the Anthropologists 173 7. In Search of Lost Origins 203 8. Which Africa? Which Tradition? 233 Conclusion 255 Glossary 263 Notes 269 Bibliography 297 Index 311
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