ISBN:
0231100051
Language:
English
Pages:
XXXVIII, 256 S
,
22 cm
Edition:
Morningside ed
Dissertation note:
Teilw. zugl.: New York, Univ., Diss., 1974
DDC:
299/.67
Keywords:
Umbanda (Cult)
;
Brazil Politics and government 1930-1954
;
Brazil Politics and government 1954-1964
;
Brazil Religious life and customs
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Brasilien
;
Umbanda
;
Stadtbevölkerung
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 〈1930-1970〉
Abstract:
"Explores history and development of Umbanda from its beginnings in Rio de Janeiro during 1920s to late 1970s. Describes changes in ritual forms, geographic distribution, and increase in followers as Umbanda was transformed from marginal to a widely accepted religion"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57
Note:
Originally published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1986, in series: Studies in cultural anthropology ; 7
,
A revision of author's Ph.D. thesis, Columbia University, 1974
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[239]-253) and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/hlas
