| Description |
1 online resource (293 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-288) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
This title 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pomba-Gira.
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Pomba-Gira. |
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Afro-Brazilian cults -- Brazil.
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Afro-Brazilian cults. |
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Brazil. |
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Brazil -- Religious life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hayes, Kelly E., 1968- Holy harlots. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011 9780520262645 (DLC) 2010046166 (OCoLC)668191547 |
| ISBN |
9780520949430 (electronic book) |
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0520949439 (electronic book) |
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128327809X |
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9781283278096 |
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9780520262645 |
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0520262646 |
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9780520262652 |
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0520262654 |
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