Ecstatic encounters Bahian Candomblé and the quest for the unknown
"For over a hundred years, writers, artists, anthropologists and tourists have travelled to Bahia, Brazil, in search of the spirit possession cult called Candomblé. Thus, successive generations of cultists have seen a long, steady stream of curious outsiders coming to their temples with notebo...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
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| Colección: | Open Research Library ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44541430*spi |
| Sumario: | "For over a hundred years, writers, artists, anthropologists and tourists have travelled to Bahia, Brazil, in search of the spirit possession cult called Candomblé. Thus, successive generations of cultists have seen a long, steady stream of curious outsiders coming to their temples with notebooks and cameras, questions and inquisitive gazes, or ogling eyes and the hope of inclusion. This study asks what seduced these outsiders to seek access to the Afro-Brazilian religious universe and, conversely, how did cultists respond to the overwhelming interest in their creed and to becoming an object of the outsiders' imaginations."--Amazon. Al ruim honderd jaar bezoeken reizigers de bezetenheidscultus Candomblé in Bahia, Brazilië. Mattijs van de Port verkent de lange geschiedenis van deze ontmoetingen met de Afro-Braziliaanze wereld. Wat dachten deze bezoekers van de dansen, de bloedige initiatieriten, de mysterieuze geestesverschijning? Hoe verbonden zijn hun observaties met hun eigen leven? Van de Port laat ook zien hoe de gelovigen reageerden op deze overweldigende belangstelling. Cultleden en buitenstaanders grijpen de confrontatie met het mysterieuze aan om de beperkingen van hun eigen wereldbeelden te onderkennen. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico (252 p.) |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9789048513963 |
