{"product_id":"sacred-leaves-of-candomble-african-magic-medicine-and-religion-in-brazil-paperback-softback-9780292787315","title":"Sacred Leaves of Candomblé; African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292787315","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSacred Leaves of Candomblé\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAfrican Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert A. Voeks (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292787315, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 November 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e...[A] creative contribution to Afro-Brazilian studies, ethnobotany, and environmental history.... Simply and engagingly written, it is both appropriate for introductory-level undergraduate courses and an important work for specialists on Afro-Brazilian religions.\u003c\/div\u003e (Hispanic American Historical Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Hubert Herring Book Award, Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCandomblÉ, an African religious and healing tradition that spread to Brazil during the slave trade, relies heavily on the use of plants in its spiritual and medicinal practices. When its African adherents were forcibly transplanted to the New World, they faced the challenge not only of maintaining their culture and beliefs in the face of European domination but also of finding plants with similar properties to the ones they had used in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the origin, diffusion, medicinal use, and meaning of CandomblÉ's healing pharmacopoeia-the sacred leaves. Robert Voeks examines such topics as the biogeography of Africa and Brazil, the transference-and transformation-of CandomblÉ as its adherents encountered both native South American belief systems and European Christianity, and the African system of medicinal plant classification that allowed CandomblÉ to survive and even thrive in the New World. This research casts new light on topics ranging from the creation of African American cultures to tropical rain forest healing floras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on Orthography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Bahian Landscape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Indians and Africans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Religion of the OrixÁ\u003cbr\u003es\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. CandomblÉ\u003cbr\u003e Medicine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Medicinal Plant Classification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The CandomblÉ\u003cbr\u003e Flora\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. African Religion in the Americas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 1 CandomblÉ\u003cbr\u003e Species List\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2 House AbÔ\u003cbr\u003e for Three CandomblÉ\u003cbr\u003e Terreiros\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex of Scientific Names\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681821061400,"sku":"9780292787315","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sacred-leaves-of-candomble-african-magic-medicine-and-religion-in-brazil-paperback-softback-9780292787315","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}