Divining Slavery and Freedom - The Story of Domingos Sodre, an African Priest in Nineteenth Century

This book discusses African religion and its place in a slave society, using the story of Domingos Sodré as its backdrop.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Cops and Candomblé in Domingos Sodré's day; 2. From an African in Onim to a slave in Bahia; 3. Domingos Sodré, diviner; 4. Witchcraft and slavery; 5. Witchcraft and manumission; 6. Meet some friends of Domingos Sodré, 7. Domingos Sodré; Epilogue.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

João José Reis is Professor of History at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil. An award-winning historian and lifetime Honorary Foreign Member of the American Historical Association, he has published extensively on the history of slavery in nineteenth-century Brazil.H. Sabrina Gledhill is the author of many scholarly articles, essays and book chapters, and has translated over thirty books.

Zusammenfassung

Domingos Sodré, an African diviner enslaved in Brazil, managed to obtain his freedom and become a slave owner himself. The book uses Sodré's 1862 arrest on suspicion of witchcraft as a catalyst for discussing African religion and its place in Brazil's slave society.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: H Sabrina Gledhill, Joao Jose Reis, João José Reis, Joao Jose (Universidade Federal da Bahia Reis
• Mitarbeit: H Sabrina Gledhill (Übersetzung), H. Sabrina Gledhill (Übersetzung), Gledhill H. Sabrina (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 20.04.2015
• EAN: 9781107079779
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07977-9
• Seiten: 352
• Serien: New Approaches to the Americas; New Approaches to the Americas
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Schule und Lernen > Erwachsenenbildung/Volkshochschule; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Brazil, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Religion, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas