Hearing the Mermaid's Song: The Umbanda Religion in Rio de Janeiro

Author/Contributor(s):	Hale, Lindsay
Publisher:	UNM Press
Date:	9/16/2009
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Based on personal experience as a participant and observer over nearly a decade, Hale explores the unique spiritual beliefs of this Afro-Brazilian religion originated in Rio de Janeiro in the early twentieth century.