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Luis Nicolau Parés: Reply to the Review of J. Lorand Matory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2015

Luis Nicolau Parés
Luis Nicolau Parés*
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Universidade Federal da BahiaSalvador, Bahia
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Professor J. Lorand Matory's thorough critique of the English translation of my book, which was first published in Brazil in 2006, did not come to me as a complete surprise. He and I have known each other for some years, and we have shared with each other interests in the cultural history of Candomblé, in particular the place and role of the Jeje nation. We have discussed our interpretative divergences in private and in public, and I have referred to some of them in writing (Nagôization, 2005; Birth, 2005; Formation). I do appreciate and feel honored that such a distinguished scholar has devoted some of his precious time to reviewing my book, giving me the chance to revisit my over-a-decade-old argument in the light of his provoking challenges. Yet, after reading his essay (certainly more than a standard review), I wondered why he had taken the effort to write 15 single-spaced pages of meticulous criticism on a work he ultimately dismisses as theoretically old-fashioned and full of errors and inconsistencies. If it is so worthless, why care about it in the first place?

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The Americas , Volume 72 , Issue 4 , October 2015 , pp. 628 - 641
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Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 2015 

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