2019
DOI: 10.5406/ethnomusicology.63.2.0184
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Captains and Priestesses in Afro-Brazilian Congado and Candomblé

Abstract: Afro-Brazilian communities that practice the religious traditions of Congado and Candomblé consider not only the significance of the sacred in their lives but also the importance of female enfranchisement. This article explores how practitioners, known as Congadeiros/as and Candomblecistas, have increasingly shaped and reshaped the roles of men and women in ritual music to reflect a growing consciousness of gender equality. In the broadest sense, this article plumbs the gendered conditions of possibility in Co… Show more

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