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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2017-10-01
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| Series: | Antropologia |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ledijournals.com/ojs/index.php/antropologia/article/view/1295 |