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- The Taste of Blood: Spirit Possession in Brazilian Candomble
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press
- Series: Contemporary Ethnography
summary
Enter the fascinating world of the Condomble regions of Brazil, where interaction between spirits and human is considered an everyday occurrence. Jim Wafer uncovers the social life, rituals, folklore, and engaging personalities of the villagers of Jacari, among whom trances, sorcery, and spirit possession demonstrate the coexistence of different kinds of reality.
This ethnography is intriguing not only because of the originality of its approach to the more enigmatic aspects of another culture but also because it uses insights gained from participation in that culture to reflect on the paradoxes inherent in the writer's own culture, and in the human condition in general.
Table of Contents
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- Participants
- pp. vii-ix
- Part 1: Exu
- 1. The Lips of Pomba-Gira
- pp. 3-10
- 2. Padilha's Vow
- pp. 11-22
- 3. Corquisa
- pp. 23-49
- Part 2: Caboclo
- 4. Order and Progress
- pp. 53-87
- 5. Of Keys
- pp. 88-107
- 6. Villages
- pp. 108-117
- Part 3: Orix
- 7. Child Spirits
- pp. 121-154
- 8. The Throne
- pp. 155-165
- Epilogue: Egum
- pp. 179-189
- References
- pp. 205-212
Additional Information
ISBN
9780812203868
Related ISBN(s)
9780812213416
MARC Record
OCLC
44957396
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1991