{"product_id":"sacred-leaves-of-candomble-9780292787315","title":"Sacred Leaves of Candomblé","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Hubert Herring Book Award, Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCandomblé, an African religious and healing tradition that spread to Brazil during the slave trade, relies heavily on the use of plants in its spiritual and medicinal practices. When its African adherents were forcibly transplanted to the New World, they faced the challenge not only of maintaining their culture and beliefs in the face of European domination but also of finding plants with similar properties to the ones they had used in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the origin, diffusion, medicinal use, and meaning of Candomblé''s healing pharmacopoeia—the sacred leaves. Robert Voeks examines such topics as the biogeography of Africa and Brazil, the transference—and transformation—of Candomblé as its adherents encountered both native South American belief systems and European Christianity, and the African system of medicinal plant classification that\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...[A] creative contribution to Afro-Brazilian studies, ethnobotany, and environmental history.... Simply and engagingly written, it is both appropriate for introductory-level undergraduate courses and an important work for specialists on Afro-Brazilian religions. * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote on Orthography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Bahian Landscape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Indians and Africans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Religion of the Orixás\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Candomblé Medicine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Medicinal Plant Classification\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The Candomblé Flora\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. African Religion in the Americas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 1 Candomblé Species List\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2 House Abô for Three Candomblé Terreiros\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex of Scientific Names\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400883675479,"sku":"9780292787315","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292787315.jpg?v=1730471837","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sacred-leaves-of-candomble-9780292787315","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}