Relocating the Sacred

Preface
Introduction

Part I: Mapping the Sacred

1. Bahia: Yoruba Diasporic Domain of Activating the Sacred

2. Pierre Verger and Yoruba Ritual Altars in Brazil

3. Matriarchs of Candomble: Mae Stella de Oxossi, Mae Beata de Yemonja, and Mae Valnizia Bianch

Part II: The Sacred in Literary Manifestations

4. Jorge Amado and Vasconcelos Maia: The Sea/River as Iemoja/Oxum's Domain

5. Abdias Nascimento and Nelson Rodrigues: The Fallen Angel as Betrayal of Blackness

6. Zora Seljan and Alfredo Dias Gomes: Sacred Feminine Solidarities and Sango's Revenge

7. Raul Longo and Robson Pinheiro: Afro-Brazilian Deities in Literary Rituals

8. Cleo Martins and Chynae: Oia and Oxossi in Invocations and Encounters

Part III: Hybridities in Afro-Brazilian Culture

9. Filhos de Gandhi and Cortejo Afro: Candomble in the Carnivalesque Frame

10. Give Us This Day Our Daily Acaraje

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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