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Outlawed and persecuted in the late-colonial and imperial period, Candomble nevertheless developed in Brazil as one of the major religious expressions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora. Drawing principally on police archives, Harding describes the development of the religion as an "alternative" space in which subjugated and enslaved blacks were able to cultivate a sense of individual and collective identity that stood in opposition to the subaltern status imposed upon them from the dominant society.  |
From the Publisher
Candomble has long been recognized as an extraordinary resource
of African tradition, values, and identity among its adherents
in Bahia, Brazil. Outlawed and persecuted in the late colonial
and imperial period, Candomble nevertheless developed as one of
the major religious expressions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora.
Drawing principally on primary sources, such as police archives,
Harding describes the development of the religion as an "alternative"
space in which subjugated and enslaved blacks were able to cultivate
a sense of individual and collective identity that stood in opposition
to the subaltern status imposed upon them from the dominant society.