From Fanatics to Folk - Brazilian Millenarianism and Popular Culture

Informationen zum Autor Patricia R. Pessar is Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at Yale University. She is the author of A Visa for a Dream: Dominicans in the United States and a coauthor of Between Two Islands: Dominican International Migration. Klappentext Complicates conventional understandings of millenarianism by blurring the divides erected around specific movements, analyzes why religion is often erased from discussions of Brazilian millenarianism, and considers how religion and politics are entwined i Zusammenfassung Complicates conventional understandings of millenarianism by blurring the divides erected around specific movements Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 The World Turned Upside Down: The Origins of the Canudos, Contestado, and Juazeiro Movements 15 2 The Povo Make a Saint 37 3 The Coronel and the Beato 67 4 “Work Like You’re Going to Live Forever and Pray Like You’re Going to Die Today” 97 5 Pedro Batista “Moves On” and the King Attempts to Claim the Throne 135 6 A Romaria Se Acabou (The Romaria Is Over) 153 7 Constituting the Romeiros into “Traditional” Folk 185 Conclusion 225 Postscript 233 Notes 235 Bibliograaphy 251 Index 263

Product details

• Authors: Patricia R. Pessar, Pessar, Patricia R Pessar, Patricia R. Pessar
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2004
• EAN: 9780822332756
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3275-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Anthropologie, Brasilien, Religion und Glaube, Politik und Staat