Revolt of the Saints
Memory and Redemption in the Twilight of Brazilian Racial Democracy
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2015
480 pages
978-0-8223-9570-6 (ISBN)
Description
Anthropologist John F. Collins explores shifts in racial identification in Brazil by examining the transformation of a celebrated Afro-Brazilian neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil from a red light district into an idealized UNESCO World Heritage Site, wherein its residents were celebrated yet stigmatized and expelled.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Durham, NC
United States
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
57 illustrations
57 illustrations
File size
5,92 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-9570-6 (9780822395706)
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Revolt of the Saints
Memory and Redemption in the Twilight of Brazilian Racial Democracy
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Revolt of the Saints
Memory and Redemption in the Twilight of Brazilian Racial Democracy
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Person
John F. Collins is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Being, through the Archive 1
1. "The Eighteenth Battalion of Love": Failure and the Dissemination of Misinterpretation 44
2. Letters to the Amazons 102
3. Prostitution's Bureaucracy: Making Up People in the "City of Women" 141
4. A Metaphysics for Our Time: Pelourinho Properties, Bahian Social Bodies, and the Shifting Meanings of Rams and Fetuses 181
5. Treasure Tales and National Bodies: Mystery and Metaphor in Bahian Life 215
6. "But Madame, What If I Should Need to Defecate in Your Neighborhood?" 266
7. "Chatty Chatty Mouth, You Want to Know Your Culture" 305
Conclusion: Saints, Not Angels 345
Appendix: Acronyms Used 363
Notes 365
References 411
Index 443
Introduction: Being, through the Archive 1
1. "The Eighteenth Battalion of Love": Failure and the Dissemination of Misinterpretation 44
2. Letters to the Amazons 102
3. Prostitution's Bureaucracy: Making Up People in the "City of Women" 141
4. A Metaphysics for Our Time: Pelourinho Properties, Bahian Social Bodies, and the Shifting Meanings of Rams and Fetuses 181
5. Treasure Tales and National Bodies: Mystery and Metaphor in Bahian Life 215
6. "But Madame, What If I Should Need to Defecate in Your Neighborhood?" 266
7. "Chatty Chatty Mouth, You Want to Know Your Culture" 305
Conclusion: Saints, Not Angels 345
Appendix: Acronyms Used 363
Notes 365
References 411
Index 443
