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One hundred years ago in Brazil the rituals of Candomble were feared as sorcery and persecuted as crime. Its cult objects were fearsome fetishes. Nowadays, they are Afro-Brazilian cultural works of art, objects of museum display and public monuments. Focusing on the particular histories of objects, images, spaces and persons who embodied it, this book portrays the historical journey from weapons of sorcery looted by the police, to hidden living stones, to public works of art attacked by religious fanatics that see them as images of the Devil, former sorcerers who have become artists, writers, and philosophers. Addressing this history as a journey of objectification and appropriation, the author offers a fresh, unconventional, and illuminating look at questions of syncretism, hybridity and cultural resistance in Brazil and in the Black Atlantic in general.

• Nothing as extensive or contemporary available. • Provides 5-15 poems by each poet. • Bilingual edition. Spanish is second only to English in this country. • Highlights a younger generation of Mexican poets, alongside some of Mexico’s most celebrated and internationally recognized poets. • Highlights the work of both established, celebrated translators, as well as that of a younger generation of translators. • Surveys Mexico’s current poetry landscape. •More than 30 contributors