The post-modern anthropological critique and the textual construction of the Afro-Brazilian religious ethnography

Authors

  • Vagner Gonçalves da Silva University of Sao Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v1i1p47-60

Keywords:

Postmodernism, Afro-Brazilian Religions, Oral and written tradition, Discourse analysis, Ethnography

Abstract

The text incorporates some aspects of postmodern anthropological critique, the role of the author and the conditions of production of ethnographic texts, relating them to the ethnographies of the leading scholars of afro-Brazilian cults.

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Author Biography

  • Vagner Gonçalves da Silva, University of Sao Paulo
    Currently Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology, University of Sao Paulo where he earned a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Master and Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. Conducted post-doctoral internship at Harvard University (WEB Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research) and the City University of New York (Graduate Center) where he was also a visiting professor. Conducts research in the area of Afro-Brazilian populations, focusing on topics such as religion (Candomblé, Umbanda, neo-Pentecostalism, religious intolerance), relationship between religion and Brazilian culture (festivals, music, capoeira, literature, cinema etc..), Afro-Brazilian Art and ethnographic representation (fieldwork and ethnography hypermedia).

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Published

2014-04-25

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (1991)

Section

Articles and Essays

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How to Cite

Silva, V. G. da. (2014). The post-modern anthropological critique and the textual construction of the Afro-Brazilian religious ethnography. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 1(1), 47-60. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v1i1p47-60