Spirit possession and cultural innovation: the case of two Japanese female religious leaders
Revista de Antropologia July 3, 2020 Ordep J. Trindade-Serra Trindade-Serra
Jorge Amado, one of lhe most renowned brazilian writers, has in many of his novels focused thc afrobrazilian cult named candomblé, as it is practised in Bahia. We can say that a great deal of the more generalized ideas about bahian candomblé owe to Amado's novels their world widespread diffusion. But of course Amado's presentation of this cult is not a documentary, ethnographic report. His...