The "terreiro" and the city in Afro-brazilian ethnographies

Authors

  • Vagner Gonçalves da Silva Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas. Departamento de Antropologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.1993.111383

Keywords:

etnografia e religiões afro-brasileiras

Abstract

This article intends to be a retlection about the studies of afro-brazilian religions on the Candomble insertion in the urban context of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo . It critically reviews analytical pairs of opposites such as purity/syncretism ; Northeast/Southeast; nago/bantu, which are present in classic and recent interpre tiv e models based on Macumba, Umbanda and Candomble ethnographic data

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Author Biography

  • Vagner Gonçalves da Silva, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas. Departamento de Antropologia
    Doutorando em Antropologia - USP

Published

1993-12-17

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How to Cite

Silva, V. G. da. (1993). The "terreiro" and the city in Afro-brazilian ethnographies. Revista De Antropologia, 36, 33-79. https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.1993.111383