Ecstatic encounters : : Bahian Candomblé and the quest for the really real / / Mattijs van de Port.
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 an...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021). |
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| Other title: | Bahian Candomblé and the quest for the really real Quest for the really real |
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| Summary: | 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. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283231786 9786613231789 9048513960 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Mattijs van de Port. |