Holy harlots femininity, sexuality, and black magic in Brazil
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 --...
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Format: | UnknownFormat |
Sprache: | eng |
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Berkeley
University of California Press
2011
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Zusammenfassung: | 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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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | 293 S 1 DVD |
ISBN: | 9780520262645 978-0-520-26264-5 9780520262652 978-0-520-26265-2 |