Black Atlantic Religion: Tradition, Transnationalism, and Matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé

J. Lorand Matory

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List of Illustrations vii Introduction 1 Chapter One: The English Professors of Brazil On the Diasporic Roots of the Yoruba Nation 38 Chapter Two: The Trans-Atlantic Nation Rethinking Nations and Transnationalism 73 Chapter Three: Purity and Transnationalism On the Transformation of Ritual in the Yoruba-Atlantic Diaspora 115 Chapter Four: Candomble's Newest Nation: Brazil 149 Chapter Five: Para Ingles Ver Sex, Secrecy, and Scholarship in the Yoruba-Atlantic World 188 Chapter Six: Man in the City of Women 224 Chapter Seven: Conclusion The Afro-Atlantic Dialogue 267 Appendix A: Geechees and Gullahs The Locus Classicus of African Survivals in the United States 295 Appendix B: The Origins of the Term Jeje 299 Notes 301 Bibliography 343 Index 369

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