02262nam a2200409Ia 4500 ebr10064770 CaPaEBR 20260707191231.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 030116s2003 ncuab sb s001 0 eng d 2003001194 0807862347 0807828084 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807854824 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)56356693 F2659.N4 S94 2003eb 981/.00496 21 Sweet, James H. (James Hoke) 112530 Recreating Africa [electronic resource] : culture, kinship, and religion in the African-Portuguese world, 1441-1770 / James H. Sweet. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003. xvi, 296 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index. Part I. Living and dying in the African-Portuguese diaspora -- Demography, distribution, and diasporic streams -- Kinship, family, and household formation -- Disease, mortality, and master power -- Part II. African religious responses -- Catholic vs. "other" in the world of believers -- Theory and praxis in the study of African religions -- African divination in the diaspora -- Calunds, curing, and medicine in the colonial world -- Witchcraft, ritual, and resistance in the African-Portuguese diaspora -- Part III. Africans and the Catholic Church. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Blacks Brazil Religion. 112531 Blacks Brazil Social conditions. 112532 Slavery and the church Brazil History. 112533 Slavery and the church Catholic Church History. 112534 Afro-Brazilian cults. 112535 Brazil Civilization African influences. 112536 Electronic books. local 190 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10064770 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view EBK 212883 184135