Holy harlots femininity, sexuality, and black magic in Brazil /

Main Author: Hayes, Kelly E., 1968-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley [Calif.] : University of California Press, 2011.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10456426
Table of 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.