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The Imposter as Social Theory

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Faking Spirit Possession: Creating ‘Epistemic Murk’ in Bahian Candomblé

The Imposter as Social Theory May 26, 2021 Mattijs van de Port

In the Afro-Brazilian candomblé religion, faking spirit-possession is a well documented phenomenon. The practice is associated with young male homosexuals, and has often been understood as a kind of gender bending: dressed in the attire of female spirits, the imposters dance in front of an appreciative audience. This chapter seeks to complicate the analysis of the phenomenon by highlighting the...