"[An important] detailing of the development and evolution of a major institution of the African Diaspora [and] of Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian identity." -Sheila S. Walker
The Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé has long been recognized as an extraordinary resource of African tradition, values, and identity among its adherents in Bahia, Brazil. Outlawed and persecuted in the late colonial and imperial period, Candomblé nevertheless developed as one of the major religious expressions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora. Drawing principally on primary sources, such as police archives, Rachel E. Harding describes the development of the religion as an "alternative" space in which subjugated and enslaved blacks could gain a sense of individual and collective identity in opposition to the subaltern status imposed upon them by the dominant society.
| ISBN: | 9780253216106 |
| Publication date: | 19th February 2003 |
| Author: | Rachel Harding |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Series: | Blacks in the Diaspora |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism |
Walker The Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé has long been recognized as an extraordinary resource of African tradition, values, and identity among its adherents in Bahia, Brazil. Outlawed and persecuted in the late colonial and imperial period, Candomblé nevertheless developed as one of the major religious expressions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora.
A Refuge in Thunder features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism
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A Refuge in Thunder was written by Rachel Harding and published by Indiana University Press
A Refuge in Thunder has 272 pages
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