African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Describes and analyzes the social/historical contexts and contemporary musical practices of Afro-Brazilian religion, selected Carnival traditions, Bahia’s black cultural renaissance, the traditions of rural migrants, and currents in new popular music.
Dantas,Beatriz Góis (Author) and Berg,Stephen (Translator)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
198 p., Compares the formation of religious traditions and ethnic identities in the Brazilian states of Sergipe and Bahia, revealing how they diverged from each other due to their different social and political contexts and needs.
Almeida,Adroaldo J. S. (Editor), Santos,Lyndon de A. (Editor), and Ferretti,Sérgio Figueiredo (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Language:
Portuguese
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
São Paulo, SP, Brasil: Paulinas: Edições ABHR
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Papers presented at the 8th Simpósio da Associação Brasileira de História das Religiões, held in São Luís (MA) on May 2-5, 2006 and Colóquio Centenário da Morte de Nina Rodrigues held May 2006., 191 p.
Tishken,Joel E. (Editor), Falola,Toyin (Editor), and Akínyẹmí,Akíntúndé (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
365 p., Explores Sango religious traditions in West Africa and beyond. It considers the spread of polytheistic religious traditions from West Africa, the mythic Sango, the historical Sango, and syncretic traditions of Sango worship. Includes Stephen D. Glazier's article "Wither Sàngó? : an inquiry into Sàngó's "authenticity" and prominence in the Caribbean."
