Exu: The Mouth that Eats All? The Paradoxes of Gifts and Counter-Gifts in Quimbanda

Joana  Bahia; Farlen de Jesus Nogueira

Exu: The Mouth that Eats All? The Paradoxes of Gifts and Counter-Gifts in Quimbanda

Studia Religiologica, Ahead of print, Volume 56, Issue 4,

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Exu: The Mouth that Eats All? The Paradoxes of Gifts and Counter-Gifts in Quimbanda

Abstract

The present work analyses the importance of ritual foods in Quimbanda, especially food demands – that is, food that is not eaten, but is made for negative tasks based on the logic of counter-gift or Counter-Axé We conducted fieldwork and interviews with Quimbanda masters and apprentices, and we engaged with a few of the authors who address the topic with regards to thoughts about the theoretical field that deals with religious foods in Afro-Brazilian religions. Religious food has a fundamental dimension in Quimbanda, being an act of transformation and a key element in religion.

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food, spells, Quimbanda, Afro-Brazilian religions

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Information: Studia Religiologica, Ahead of print, Volume 56, Issue 4,

Article type: Original article

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English: Exu: The Mouth that Eats All? The Paradoxes of Gifts and Counter-Gifts in Quimbanda

Authors

Joana Bahia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2172-5022

Department of Human Sciences, State University of Rio de Janeiro

Farlen de Jesus Nogueira

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8801-0128

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Article status: Open

Licence: CC BY

Percentage share of authors:

Joana Bahia (Author) - 50%

Farlen de Jesus Nogueira (Author) - 50%

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