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Samba in the Night: Spiritism in Brazil
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Samba in the Night: Spiritism in Brazil Hardback - 1994

by David J. Hess

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An absorbing account of an anthropologist's fieldwork and explorations into alternative religions in Brazil. Samba in the Night invites the reader into the mysterious world of spirit mediums, poltergeists, psychic surgery, exorcism, and spiritual healing.

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An absorbing account of an anthropologist's fieldwork and explorations into alternative religions in Brazil, Samba in the Night invites the reader into the mysterious world of spirit mediums, poltergeists, psychic surgery, exorcism and spiritual healing.

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  • Title Samba in the Night: Spiritism in Brazil
  • Author David J. Hess
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 214
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
  • Publication date 1994-05-26
  • ISBN 9780231084321 / 0231084323
  • Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.29 x 0.82 in (23.62 x 15.98 x 2.08 cm)
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress subjects Brazil - Religion, Spiritualism - Brazil
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 93-30887
  • Dewey Decimal Code 133.909

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  • Library Journal, 04/15/1994, Page 82

About the author

David J. Hess is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Science and Technology Studies Department at Rensselaer Ploytechnic Institute.
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