Blessed Anastacia

Women, Race and Popular Christianity in Brazil
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-91259-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

The weakness of Brazil's black consciousness movement is commonly attributed to the fragility of Afro-Brazilian ethnic identity. In a major account, John Burdick challenges this view by revealing the many-layered reality of popular black consciousness and identity in an arena that is usually overlooked: that of popular Christianity.Blessed Anastacia describes how popular Christianity confronts everyday racism and contributes to the formation of racial identity. The author concludes that if organizers of the black consciousness movement were to recognize the profound racial meaning inherent in this area of popular religiosity, they might be more successful in bridging the gap with its poor and working-class constituency.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burdick, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Everyday Wounds of Color Negras in Love, Family, and Work 2. Spirited Languages The Field of Popular Christianity in Rio de Janeiro 3. The Politics of Mystical Substance Black Women and the Catholic Inculturated Mass 4. What is the Color of the Holy Spirit? Racial/Color Meanings in Pentecostalism 5. The Eyes of Anastácia Political Readings of a Popular Catholic Devotion 6. The Politics of Ethnography Translating Knowledge Claims into Practice Conclusion An Agenda for the Ethnography of Social Movements

Über Autor(innen)

John Burdick is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University. He is the author of Looking for God in Brazil (1993).