Manipulating The Sacred: Yorb Art, Ritual, And Resistance In Brazilian Candombl (African American Life),Used

Manipulating The Sacred: Yorb Art, Ritual, And Resistance In Brazilian Candombl (African American Life),Used

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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 OmariTunkara contributes strikingly rich insights as a participant/observer in the Africanbased religions of Brazil. She focuses on the symbolism and function of ritual objects and costumes used in the Brazilian Candombl (miniature 'African' environments or temples) of the Bahia region, which combine Yorb, 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 agencywith a link to their African heritage and a locus for resistance to the dominant EuroBrazilian culture.

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