Relocating the Sacred - African Divinities and Brazilian Cultural Hybridities

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

About the author

Niyi Afolabi is Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Identities in Flux: Race, Migration, and Citizenship in Brazil, also published by SUNY Press; Afro-Brazilians: Cultural Production in a Racial Democracy; and Ilê Aiyê in Brazil and the Reinvention of Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Niyi Afolabi, Afolabi Niyi
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781438490717
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9071-7
• No. of pages: 356
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Suny Series, Afro-Latinx Futur; SUNY series, Afro-Latinx Futures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Latin America, Cultural Studies, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Caribbean islands, Literature: history & criticism, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Literature: history and criticism, Black & Asian Studies, Tribal religions, Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal