Diasporic Consciousness in the Material Culture of Brazilian Candomblé

This book examines Candomblé's material culture and its relationship with the evolving cultural politics of Brazil. It employs artefacts as analytical tools to trace the emergence of a diasporic consciousness.

Autorentext

Zainabu Jallo is a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She received a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Bern, Switzerland, and is a visiting researcher in the Department of Anthropology at Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Her scholarly interests include museum anthropology, Afro-Atlantic diasporas, iconic criticism, and material culture. Jallo is editor of Material Culture in Transit: Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2023).

Klappentext

This book examines Candomblé's material culture and its relationship with the evolving cultural politics of Brazil. It employs artefacts as analytical tools to trace the emergence of a diasporic consciousness.

Inhalt

Introduction; 1. Problematic Beginnings; 2. Sacred and Spectacular Spaces; 3. Objects and Markets in Ontological Dependence; 4. Material Culture: Conduits for Diasporic Consciousness; 5. Dialectics of a Rooted Diaspora; Epilogue