Slaves and Religions in Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Modern Brazil

Slaves and Religions in Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Modern Brazil
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 335
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ISBN-10 : 9781443838092
ISBN-13 : 1443838098
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Download or read book Slaves and Religions in Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Modern Brazil written by Dick Geary and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slaves have never been mere passive victims of slavery. Typically, they have responded with ingenuity to their violent separation from their native societies, using a variety of strategies to create new social networks and cultures. Religion has been a major arena for such slave cultural strategies. Through participation in religious and ritual activities, slaves have generated important elements of identity, shared humanity, and even resistance, within their lives. This volume presents papers from a conference of the University of Nottingham’s Institute for the Study of Slavery – the only UK centre studying its history from antiquity to the present. It breaks new ground by juxtaposing slave strategies within the diverse religious cultures of Graeco-Roman antiquity and modern Brazil. After a wide-ranging historiographical survey, eleven experts examine how in both societies slave religious activities involved both constraints and opportunities, shedding particular new light on the neglected religious strategies of Graeco-Roman slaves.


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