Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World

Between 1730 And 1750, Domingos Alvares Traversed The Colonial Atlantic World Like Few Africans Of His Time--from Africa To South America To Europe. By Tracing The Steps Of This Powerful African Healer And Vodun Priest, James Sweet Finds Dramatic Means For Unfolding A History Of The Eighteenth-century Atlantic World In Which Healing, Religion, Kinship, And Political Subversion Were Intimately Connected.alvares Treated Many People Across The Atlantic, Yet Healing Was Rarely A Simple Matter Of Remedying Illness And Disease. Through The Language Of Health And Healing, Alvares Also Address Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Dahomey; 2 Passages; 3 Recife; 4 Rio De Janeiro; 5 Freedom; 6 The Politics Of Healing; 7 Dislocations; 8 Inquisition; 9 Algarve; 10 Obscurity; Notes; Bibliography; Index James H. Sweet. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English