Ceremonial Drinking in an Afro-Brazilian Cult

HLA-E polymorphisms in an Afro-descendant Southern Brazilian population.

HLA-E is a non-classical I (Ib) gene which has limited polymorphism and low levels of tissue expression. Currently, 11 alleles are described in the literature with only three protein products. In the present study we investigated HLA-E gene variations at exons 2 and 3 and calculated allele, genotype and haplotype frequencies in a sample of 152 individuals who reported themselves as being Afro-d...

Violence and chaos in Afro-Brazilian religious experience

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A Brazilian Challenge to Lewis's Explanation of Cult Mediumship

Recruitment into peripheral possession trance cults has been explained as attempts to compensate for socio-economic deprivation and jural impotence. This model, best developed by I. M. Lewis, is reviewed and its predictions are tested against two types of Brazilian data. Firstly, national census Žgures of religious afŽliation are compared with measures of socio-economic stress for a diachronic ...

Navajo Ceremonial System

Breathlessness in an Afro-Caribbean woman.

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