Umbanda : religion and politics in urban Brazil

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Umbanda : religion and politics in urban Brazil

by Diana DeG. Brown

(A Morningside book)

Columbia University Press, c1994

Columbia University Press Morningside ed

  • : pbk

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Originally published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1986, in series: Studies in cultural anthropology ; no. 7

"Morningside edition with new preface"--T.p. verso

A revision of author's Ph.D. thesis, Columbia University, 1974

Bibliography: p. [xxxv]-xxxviii, [239]-253

Includes index

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The history and development of the Brazilian religion Umbanda are explored in this text. The author describes the defining features of the religion, its practices, followers and beliefs, its dramatic geographical spread across the country, and its relationship to rapid urban growth.

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