Exu: The Lips of Pomba-Gira, Padilha's Vow, Corquisa . . . Caboclo: Order and Progress, Of Keys, Villages . . .Orix.: Child Spirits, The Throne, Tempo . . . Egum
"The Taste of Blood brilliantly explores both Condomble and the representations of ethnographic research."—Folklore Forum
Jim Wafer works as a consultant anthropologist in central Australia.
"An excellent story, rich in ethnographic material, untraditional
in form, courageous in personal revelations, and with definite
qualities in the attempts to guide the reader through insights,
recognitions, and increasing understanding, without hiding the
researcher's own confusion and doubts. It gives us more than a
slight glance into the fascinating, earthly, puzzling, and still
too little known world of Brazilian Candomble."—Ethnos.
"Well written and rich in ethnographic detail, the book makes an
engaging story with sometimes touching accounts of personal
experiences with fellow initiates who have "tasted the blood" of a
religion that traces its roots to Africa and Brazilian folk
traditions."—Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists
Newsletter
"A narrative full of almost novelistic devices, attempting to evoke
the full reality of this complex, unknown, exciting and somewhat
frightening way, or concept, of life."—British Bulletin of
Publications
"Succeeds as an innovative ethnography. . . . Intriguing and
scintillating . . . The Taste of Blood brilliantly explores both
Condomble and the representations of ethnographic
research."—Folklore Forum
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