Manipulating the Sacred: Yorùbá Art, Ritual, and Resistance

Manipulating the Sacred: Yorùbá Art, Ritual, and Resistance in Brazilian Candomblé (African American Life)
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At a time when the art of the African diaspora has aroused much general interest for its multicultural dimensions, Mikelle Smith Omari-Tunkara contributes strikingly rich insights as a participant/observer in the African-based religions of Brazil. She focuses on the symbolism and function of ritual objects and costumes used in the Brazilian CandomblÃ© (miniature "African" environments or temples) of the Bahia region, which combine YorÃ¹bÃ¡, Bantu/Angola, Caboclo, Roman Catholic, and/or Kardecist/Spiritist elements. An initiate herself with more than twenty years of study, the author is considered an insider, and has witnessed how practitioners manipulate the "sacred" to encode, in art and ritual, vital knowledge about meaning, values, epistemologies, and history. She demonstrates how this manipulation provides Brazilian descendents of slaves with a sense of agency-with a link to their African heritage and a locus for resistance to the dominant Euro-Brazilian culture.
Country USA
Brand Wayne State University Press
Manufacturer Wayne State University Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884417781987
EANs 9780814328521
ReleaseDate 2005-10-18

Country	USA
Brand	Wayne State University Press
Manufacturer	Wayne State University Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884417781987
EANs	9780814328521
ReleaseDate	2005-10-18

Manipulating the Sacred: Yorùbá Art, Ritual, and Resistance in Brazilian Candomblé (African American Life)