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The Taste of Blood
Enter the fascinating world of the Condomble regions of Brazil, where interaction between spirits and human is considered an everyday occurrence. Jim Wafer uncovers the social life, rituals, folklore, and engaging personalities of the villagers of Jacari, among whom trances, sorcery, and spirit possession demonstrate the coexistence of different kinds of reality. This ethnography is intriguing not only because of the originality of its approach to the more enigmatic aspects of another culture but also because it uses insights gained from participation in that culture to reflect on the paradoxes inherent in the writer's own culture, and in the human condition in general.
The Taste of Blood
The Taste of Blood brilliantly explores both Condomble and the representations of ethnographic research.--Folklore Forum
African Music
Cross-disciplinary in approach and extensively indexed, the bibliography lists (mostly with annotation) some 1,700 titles, covering a wide variety of sources, and including material in English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. Coverage is not limited to music produced on African soil, but sp
Folklore Forum
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The Folklore Forum
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O Gosto De Sangue
O Gosto de Sangue é uma etnografia audaciosa. A obra foi co-vencedora do prêmio “Escritos Etnográficos Victor Turner” nos Estados Unidos. O Gosto de Sangue introduz o leitor a um terreno ambíguo onde as distinções entre seres humanos e supernaturais são obscurecidas, onde a opções familiares se quebram. Uma obra de interesse único para estudantes e pesquisadores de antropologia, etnografia, folclore e religião.
AAA Guide 1989-90
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