Umbanda
Subtitle: religion and politics in urban Brazil
By: by Diana DeG. Brown.
Edition: Morningside ed.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Umbanda (Cult) -- Brazil.; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1930-1954.; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1954-1964.; Brazil -- Religious life and customs.
Description: "Explores history and development of Umbanda from its beginnings in Rio de Janeiro during 1920s to late 1970s. Describes changes in ritual forms, geographic distribution, and increase in followers as Umbanda was transformed from marginal to a widely accepted religion"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.[239]-253) and index.
Originally published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1986, in series: Studies in cultural anthropology ; no. 7.
A revision of author's Ph.D. thesis, Columbia University, 1974.