Introduction: Brazilian Candomblé: Scholarship at the Crossroads of Africa and New World

The following pages present an important scholarly exchange on a central sociocultural issue in Latin American history. First, we present J. Lorand Matory's review of Luis Nicolau Parés's 2013 book The Formation of Candomblé: Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil. Second, we present Parés...

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Published inThe Americas (Washington. 1944) Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 607 - 608
Main Author Sweet, James
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.10.2015
Subjects
African Americans
Anthropology
Ethnography
Language history
Religion
Scholarly Exchange
Scholars
Sociocultural factors
Studies
Americas
New York
Benin
United States > US
Africa
South Carolina
New York City New York
Spain
Washington DC
Brazil
South Africa
Georgia
Nigeria
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Summary:The following pages present an important scholarly exchange on a central sociocultural issue in Latin American history. First, we present J. Lorand Matory's review of Luis Nicolau Parés's 2013 book The Formation of Candomblé: Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil. Second, we present Parés's response to the review.
ISSN:0003-1615
1533-6247
DOI:10.1017/tam.2015.69