Violence and chaos in Afro-Brazilian religious experience
Drawing on material concerning the Recife Shango and Jurema cults (among others), this article shows how ritualized violence and disorder, associated with the manifestation of “heavy”, evil spirits and attributed to cults of a more syncretic nature, remain a constitutive aspect of Afro-Brazilian cer...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Systèmes de pensée en Afrique noire
2013
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |