1st Edition
Diasporic Consciousness in the Material Culture of Brazilian Candomblé
Introduction; 1. Problematic Beginnings; 2. Sacred and Spectacular Spaces; 3. Objects and Markets in Ontological Dependence; 4. Material Culture: Conduits for Diasporic Consciousness; 5. Dialectics of a Rooted Diaspora; Epilogue
Biography
Zainabu Jallo is a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She received a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Bern, Switzerland, and is a visiting researcher in the Department of Anthropology at Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Her scholarly interests include museum anthropology, Afro-Atlantic diasporas, iconic criticism, and material culture. Jallo is editor of Material Culture in Transit: Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2023).
