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The Devil and the land of the holy cross : witchcraft, slavery, and popular religion in colonial Brazil / Laura de Mello e Souza ; translated from the Portuguese by Diane Grosklaus Whitty.
Author
Souza, Laura de Mello e.
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Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st University of Texas Press ed.
Published/Created
Austin : University of Texas Press, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, 2003.
Description
xxiii, 350 pages ; 24 cm.
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BF1584.B7 S6813 2003
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Witchcraft
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Brazil
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History
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16th century
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Witchcraft
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Brazil
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History
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17th century
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Witchcraft
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Brazil
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History
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18th century
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Brazil
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Religious life and customs
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Series
LLILAS Translations from Latin America series
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Summary note
This work analyzes the nature of popular religion and the ways it was transferred to the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Using transcripts from Inquisition trials, it reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic and magical religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, the author argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a uniquely Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Her work shows how the Inquisition reinforced the view held in Europe (particularly Portugal) that the colony was a purgatory where those who had sinned were exiled, a place where the Devil had a wide range of opportunities.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-330) and index.
Contents
Part 1. A wealth of impieties : the colony's lot. The New World between God and the Devil ; Popular religiosity in the colony
Part 2. Sorcery, magical practices, and daily life. Material survival ; The onset of conflict ; Maintaining bonds of affection ; Communicating with the supernatural
Part 3. Culture, imagination, and everyday life. Intertwined discourses ; Remarkable stories : where their roads led
Conclusion. Sabbats and calunus.
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ISBN
0292702280 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780292702288 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0292702361 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780292702363 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2003059904
OCLC
52602841
International Article Number
9780292702363
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