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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"African-derived"”.
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De Exú a Xangô: quem nos protege? a depredação do patrimônio afro-brasileiro no espaço público da cidade de Salvador – Bahia (2012 – 2022)
At a crossroads of paths, the remarkable African-derived religious heritage in Salvador, Bahia, is unveiled, such as the Bust of Mother Gilda, the Oxóssi Sculptural Ensemble and Mother Stella of Oxóssi, Bust of Mother Runhó, Mother Caetana Medallion, Orixás of Dique, Xangô Stone, Lagoa and Dunas do …
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Jah in the Flesh: An Examination of Spirit, Power, and Divine Envesselment in Rastafari
… inadequate view that Rastafari is tenuously an African-derived religion. The aim of this dissertation, therefore, is to make visible the notion of Jah as spirit by focusing on how Rastas conceptualize and ritualize the process of Jah becoming a part of their bodies. The dissertation proposes …
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Hummingbird oil she breast: Testimony and Resistance in Vincentian Redemption Songs
… legal and political systems in support of an African derived selfhood. The Angel Horn creates solidarity with the plight of Vincentians and promises renewal through the creolization of Indigenous and non-native cultures. Spirits in the Dark appropriates syncretic religious rites to redress the …
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From Gwoka Modénn to Jazz Ka: Music, Nationalism, and Creolization in Guadeloupe
… genres, resulting in the stigmatization of African-derived music. Next, I reveal how separatist middle-class activists turned to rural African-derived music to build a sense of national cultural unity in the late 1960s. In the process, these militants modified gwoka to fit their cosmopolitan …
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The Home as Refuge: Locating Homeplace Theory Within the Afrocentric Paradigm
… that home has been constructed by persons of African descent, and suggests that homeplace is a form of maroonage that is manifested both physically and psychologically. In addition to conceptually theorizing on homeplace, this project will also introduce Homeplace Theory, a theoretical …
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Umbanda's relationship with the natural environment & religious intolerance
… appearance of political-partisan movements for African derived religions in Brazil, the use of sacred food offerings in Umbanda, and how Brazil’s process of urbanization has impacted how umbandistas interact with nature in midst of the Anthropocene. The second chapter explores how religious …
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The structural, metamorphic and thermal history of the Sonnblick Dome, southeast Tauern Window, Austria
… continental collision, overthrusting of the African-derived Austroalpine units toward the northwest produced a foliation that becomes more intense towards the tectonic contact of the gneiss and the overlying Peripheral Schieferhülle. This foliation was folded during the formation of the …
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Rediasporizing Bahia: the lived experiences of blackness and the cultural politics of Bahian hip-hop
… cultures and race in Brazil’s most “African” locale. Cultural representations, tourism groups, and government agencies commonly portray Salvador as brimming with exotic and premodern Africanisms through the retention of African roots, traditions, and origins. This uses essentialist …