Revolt of the saints: memory and redemption in the twilight of Brazilian racial democracy

Introduction: being, through the archive -- "The eighteenth battalion of love": failure and the dissemination of misinterpretation -- Letters to the Amazons -- Prostitution's bureaucracy: making up people in the "city of women" -- A metaphysics for our time: Pelourinho prope...

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1. Verfasser: Collins, John F. 1965 April 19- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press 2015
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: being, through the archive -- "The eighteenth battalion of love": failure and the dissemination of misinterpretation -- Letters to the Amazons -- Prostitution's bureaucracy: making up people in the "city of women" -- A metaphysics for our time: Pelourinho properties, Bahian social bodies, and the shifting meanings of rams and fetuses -- Treasure tales and national bodies: mystery and metaphor in Bahian life -- "But madame, what if I should need to defecate in your neighborhood?" -- "Chatty chatty mouth, you want to know your culture" -- Conclusion: saints, not angels
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 463 pages) illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780822395706
0822395703

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