AutorzyJames H. Sweet
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Recreating Africa - James H. Sweet
- Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770
Slaves transferred many cultural practices from their homelands to Brazil, including kinship structures, divination rituals, judicial ordeals, ritual burials, dietary restrictions, and secret societies. Sweet demonstrates that the structures of many of these practices remained constant during this early period, although the meanings of the rituals were often transformed as slaves coped with their new environment and status. Religious rituals in particular became potent forms of protest against the institution of slavery and its hardships. In addition, Sweet examines how certain African beliefs and customs challenged and ultimately influenced Brazilian Catholicism.
Sweet's analysis sheds new light on African culture in Brazil's slave society while also enriching our understanding of the complex process of creolization and cultural survival.
EAN: 9780807854822
Kod produktu
977GGS03527KS
Rok wydania
2003
Strony
314
Oprawa
Oprawa Skórzana
Miekka
Format
15.6x23.4cm
Język
angielski
Autorzy
James H. Sweet
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