The City of Women

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First published in 1947, the second one edition of The City of Women was once published in 1994 with a new Introduction by anthropologist Sally Cole. That second edition is now to be had again after being out of print for several years.

“[The City of Women] works on many levels: this can be a study of candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian religion of Bahia, of the role of women in candomblé, and of race relations in Brazil. . . . The City of Women has much to provide somebody interested in Brazilian history, comparative race and gender relations, the history of anthropology, and the relationships between researcher and subject in anthropology and oral history. . . .

“On account of the importance of women in traditional candomblé, this Afro-Brazilian religion was once incompatible with patriarchy. Possession by the gods, the central component of the religious practice, was once the domain of women: men supported the candomblé temples financially, but didn’t run them. . . .

“The City of Women ought to be at the ‘should read’ list of somebody preparing to do field research, especially in ethnography or oral history, in a culture different from his or her own.”–H-Net, Mary Ann Mahony, Associate Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University.

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