Holy harlots

Hayes, Kelly E., 1968-

Holy harlots femininity, sexuality, and black magic in Brazil / [electronic resource] : Kelly E. Hayes. - Berkeley [Calif.] : University of California Press, 2011. - xiii, 293 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Pomba-Gira.
Afro-Brazilian cults--Brazil.


Brazil--Religious life and customs.


Electronic books.

BL2590.B7 / H39 2011eb

306.6/996121140981