Relocating the sacred : African divinities and Brazilian cultural hybridities / Niyi Afolabi.

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Afolabi, Niyi [Author]

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9781438490731

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BL2590 .R456 2022

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Pierre Verger and Yoruba Ritual Altars in Brazil -- Matriarchs of Candomblé: Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, Mãe Beata de Yemonjá, and Mãe Valnizia Bianch -- Jorge Amado and Vasconcelos Maia: The Sea/River as Iemojá/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 -- Cléo Martins and Chynae: Oiá and Oxossi in Invocations and Encounters -- Filhos de Gandhi and Cortejo Afro: Candomblé in the Carnivalesque Frame -- Give Us This Day Our Daily Acarajé.

Subject: "Maps manifestations of the sacred and religious syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cultural forms"-- Subject: "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."--

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Bahia: Yoruba Diasporic Domain of Activating the Sacred -- Pierre Verger and Yoruba Ritual Altars in Brazil -- Matriarchs of Candomblé: Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, Mãe Beata de Yemonjá, and Mãe Valnizia Bianch -- Jorge Amado and Vasconcelos Maia: The Sea/River as Iemojá/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 -- Cléo Martins and Chynae: Oiá and Oxossi in Invocations and Encounters -- Filhos de Gandhi and Cortejo Afro: Candomblé in the Carnivalesque Frame -- Give Us This Day Our Daily Acarajé.

"Maps manifestations of the sacred and religious syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cultural forms"--

"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."--

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