The Introduction includes short portions of “Imperfect Tense: and ethnography of the Archive,” published in Mana. Estudos de Antropologia Social (2006). Part I, Chapter 2, Becoming Brujos, is a comprehensive version, substantially altered and expanded, of Cunha, Olívia Maria Gomes da “Metamorfose infinita: sobre brujos, espíritos e apuntes em Havana.” História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro (2015). In Part ii, Chapter 1, Traçados, reproduces some sections previously published in Cunha, Olívia Maria Gomes da “Somewhere Close to Nashville: Plantation Cartographies,” Review (Fernand Braudel Center), Binghamton (2011): 79–113.
This book was supported by a DRCLAS/Harvard University postdoctoral fellowship (1999–2000); John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2002–2003), CNPq Fellowships (Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, 2005–2008), FAPERJ (Rio de Janeiro State Research Support Foundation, 2011).
Cover illustration: Quebra-Pote. Mar Grande, Bahia, Brazil, 1936. Author: Édison Carneiro. Courtesy of Biblioteca Nacional.
The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available online at http://catalog.loc.gov
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2020008670.
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
ISSN: 0921-9781
ISBN: 978-90-04-42865-2 (hardback)
ISBN: 978-90-04-42930-7 (e-book)
Copyright 2020 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense, Hotei Publishing, mentis Verlag, Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink Verlag.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher.
Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change.
This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner.