Mãe D’água’s Places. Non-Humans, Bodies and Illnesses In an Amazonian Quilombo

The Mãe d’Água (“mother of water”) is an encantado (“enchanted”), an entity that belongs to the rich Afro-Indian-Brazilian pantheon of deities. This article intends to analyse the role that she plays in defining the relationship among places, human corporeity, and non-humans in an Amazonian communit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manuela Tassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ledizioni 2017-10-01
Series:Antropologia
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Online Access:https://www.ledijournals.com/ojs/index.php/antropologia/article/view/1295