Dantas, Beatriz Góis.

Nagô Grandma and White Papa Candomblé and the creation of Afro-Brazilian identity / [electronic resource] : Nagô Grandma & White Papa Candomblé and the creation of Afro-Brazilian identity Beatriz Góis Dantas ; translated by Stephen Berg. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (198 p.) : ill. - Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução . - Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução. .

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-184) and index.

Introduction -- The configuration of prestige in the Xangô Terreiros -- Nagô speaks of itself -- Nagô speaks of "the others" -- The construction and meaning of "Nagô purity" -- Uses of Africa by the Nagô Terreiro.

9780807898482 (electronic bk.) 0807898481 (electronic bk.)


Afro-Brazilian cults.
Candomblé (Religion)--Brazil--Bahia (State)
Candomblé (Religion)--Brazil--Sergipe.
Yoruba (African people)--Brazil--Folklore.
Blacks--Ethnic identity.--Brazil


Brazil--Religion.


Electronic books.

BL2590.B7 / D3513 2009eb

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