Holy harlots [electronic resource] : femininity, sexuality, and black magic in Brazil / Kelly E. Hayes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley [Calif.] : University of California Press, 2011.Description: xiii, 293 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.6/996121140981 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2590.B7 H39 2011eb
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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.
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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.

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