The City of Women

by Ruth Landes

Book Overview

First published in 1947, the second edition of The City of Women was published in 1994 with a new Introduction by anthropologist Sally Cole. That second edition is now available again after being out of print for several years.

" The City of Women] works on many levels: it is a study of candombl , the Afro-Brazilian religion of Bahia, of the role of women in candombl , and of race relations in Brazil. . . . The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00KNA75CI
• ISBN13: 9780826315564
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"