Fetishes and monuments Afro-Brazilian art and culture in the twentieth century

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Sansi,Roger (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2010
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9781845453633
    Published:
    New York: Berghahn
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    9781845453633; 1845453638
    Subject Term:
    History, Blacks, 20th century, Social life and customs, Brazil, South America, Religion and culture, Candomblé (Religion), and Art and society
    Notes:
    213 p., One hundred years ago in Brazil the rituals of Candomble were feared as sorcery and persecuted as crime. Its religious objects were fearsome fetishes. Nowadays, they are Afro-Brazilian cultural works of art, objects of museum display and public monuments

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