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This Volume Explains How A Multi-faith Community In Brazil Uses Music Both To Combine And Segregate Three Afro-brazilian Religions: Batuque, Umbanda, And Quimbanda. It Is A Book-length Study In English About Music In Afro-brazilian Religions, Which Have Synthesized African Religions, Folk Catholicism, Amerindian Traditions, And In Some Cases European Spiritism. Ethnic Spiritual Heritage And The Afro-gaucho Religious Community -- Music, Mediumship, And Religious Work -- Musicians And Foundations -- Drums, Rhythms, And Nations -- Ritual Music And Innovation In Umbanda -- Musical Participation, Spiritual Evolution, And The Quimbanda Revival -- Old Black Spirits, Africa, And Reinventing Umbanda For Social Change -- Gypsy Soul And An Unconventional Music -- Conclusion: Musical Boundary-work In A Multi-faith Community. Marc Gidal. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.