The development of Yorùbá Candomblé communities in Salvador, Bahia, 1835-1986 / Miguel C. Alonso.

Author/creator Alonso, Miguel C.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Descriptionxii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Contents Introduction: How the Yorùbá became Nago -- The African nations of Salvador, Bahia -- The dispersal of the Yorùbá people -- The institutionalization of Yorùbá female power in Nago Candomblé -- Self-defense strategies in Bahian Candomblé in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- The reassertion of male participation in the Candomblé priesthood -- The popularization of Candomblé in the mid to late twentieth century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index.
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LCCN 2014026199
ISBN9781137485380 (hardback : alk. paper)