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UNINA9910787592603321 |
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Autore |
Hayes Kelly E. <1968-> |
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Titolo |
Holy harlots [[electronic resource] ] : femininity, sexuality, and black magic in Brazil / / Kelly E. Hayes |
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Berkeley [Calif.], : University of California Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-94943-9 |
1-283-27809-X |
9786613278098 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (309 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pomba-Gira |
Afro-Brazilian cults - Brazil |
Brazil Religious life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Publication and copyright date on DVD, 2010. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Wicked women and femmes fatales -- Pomba Gira and the religious imagination -- Life on the margins -- Sexuality, morality, and the logic of gender -- Becoming a zelador -- Spiritual defenders and protectors -- Maria Molambo's revenge -- If God is all good, then only the devil can combat evil -- Balancing human and spirit worlds. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Holy Harlots examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and religious practices related to the Afro-Brazilian spirit entity Pomba Gira. Said to be the disembodied spirit of an unruly harlot, Pomba Gira is a controversial figure in Brazil. Devotees maintain that Pomba Gira possesses an intimate knowledge of human affairs and the mystical power to intervene in the human world. Others view this entity more ambivalently. Kelly E. Hayes provides an intimate and engaging account of the intricate relationship between Pomba Gira and one of her devotees, Nazaré da Silva. Combining Nazaré's spiritual biography with analysis of the gender politics and violence that shapes life on the periphery of Rio de Janeiro, Hayes highlights Pomba Gira's role in the rivalries, relationships, and struggles of everyday life in urban Brazil.A DVD of the film Slaves of the Saints is included. |
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