Sweet, James H. <br/><br/>
Recreating Africa  culture, kinship, and religion in the African-Portuguese world, 1441-1770 /  [electronic resource] : 
James H. Sweet. 
 - Chapel Hill :  University of North Carolina Press,  c2003. 
 - xvi, 296 p. :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Blacks--Religion.--Brazil<br/>Blacks--Social conditions.--Brazil<br/>Slavery and the church--History.--Brazil<br/>Slavery and the church--Catholic Church--History.<br/>Afro-Brazilian cults.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Brazil--Civilization--African influences.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F2659.N4  / S94 2003eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>981/.00496