[PDF.32ix] The Taste of Blood: Spirit Possession in Brazilian Candomble (Contemporary Ethnography)

The Taste of Blood: Spirit Possession in Brazilian Candomble (Contemporary Ethnography)

[PDF.rk46] The Taste of Blood: Spirit Possession in Brazilian Candomble (Contemporary Ethnography)

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 | #1560665 in Books |  University of Pennsylvania Press |  1991-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.54 x5.98l,.86 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Difficult but Intriguing|By Joseph Morales|A trained anthropologist, Jim Wafer spent a year in Brazil researching Candomble for his doctorate. The result is a thought-provoking but often difficult and sometimes frustrating account. He alternates between narrative passages where he describes people he met and things he observed, and other analytical passages where he discusses t| ||"Well written and rich in ethnographic detail, the book makes an engaging story with sometimes touching accounts of personal experiences with fellow initiates who have "tasted the blood" of a religion that traces its roots to Africa and Brazilian folk traditi

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 enigm...

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