Holy Harlots Femininity Sexuality and Black Magic in Brazil 1st edition by Kelly E Hayes ISBN 0520262646 9780520262645

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ISBN 10: 0520262646 
ISBN 13: 9780520262645
Author: Kelly E Hayes

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.

Holy Harlots Femininity Sexuality and Black Magic in Brazil 1st Table of contents:

Part One: Introduction
1. Wicked Women and Femmes Fatales
2. Pomba Gira and the Religious Imagination
Part Two: Society
3. Life on the Margins
4. Sexuality, Morality, and the Logic of Gender
Part Three: Discourse
5. Becoming a Zelador
6. Spiritual Defenders and Protectors
7. Maria Molambo’s Revenge
Part Four: Practice
8. If God Is All Good, Then Only the Devil Can Combat Evil
9. Balancing Human and Spirit Worlds

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