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The City of Women

October 15th, 2008 · No Comments

I read this book titled The City of Women by Ruth Landes recently as part of my course work for Cultural Anthropology semester. As part of my course I also submitted several writing response papers to the class. I feel that an amalgamation of the papers would make a good review of this book.
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Candomble, A Afro-Brazilian Christian Religion

October 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As part of my cultural-Anthropology class I read this book titled The City of Women by Ruth Landes. This book explores the intricacies of life in Bahia, Brazil where Afro-Brazilians follow a different kind of catholic Christianity. I wondered about the many different ways Christianity is being followed across the world. In this particular form, […]

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