African Religions of Brazil - Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations

Informationen zum Autor At the time of his death in 1974, Roger Bastide was a professor in the Faculté de Lettres et Sciences Humaines at the Sorbonne. Of a rich scholarly legacy of some thirty books and well over three hundred articles, his acknowledged masterwork is The African Religions of Brazil . Klappentext Written by one of France's most brilliant and creative anthropologists, "The African Religions of Brazil" is regarded as a classic in Afro-American studies. First published in France in 1960, the book represents a singular effort to develop a theory of the interpenetrations of African, European, Christian, and non-Christian cultures in Brazil from colonial times to the present. Addressing a remarkable range of topics--from mysticism and syncretism to the problems of collective memory, from the history of slavery in Brazil to world-wide race relations--the work is shaped by the author's rich and original conceptual framework. The result is a compelling study of the origins and growth of a native religious environment. The English translation is supplemented with a biographical foreword by Richard Price and a thematic introduction by Brazilian sociologist Duglas T. Monteiro.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Roger Bastide
• Collaboration: Helen Sebba (Traduction), Sebba Helen (Traduction)
• Edition: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 13.08.2007
• EAN: 9780801886249
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8624-9
• Pages: 494
• Thèmes: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlan; Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture; Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlan
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Brazil, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Other non-Christian religions, RELIGION / Indigenous / General, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal