Spiritual currency in northeast Brazil / Lindsey King.

By:

King, Lindsey, 1953-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Albuquerque [New Mexico] : University of New Mexico Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780826355324
0826355323

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spiritual currency in northeast BrazilDDC classification:

282/.8131 23

LOC classification:

BX4700.F6 K56 2014eb

Other classification:

SOC002000 | SOC053000 | HIS033000

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Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Northeast Brazil: The Largest Area of Poverty in South America; 2: Into the Field; 3: The Social Functions of Ex-Votos; 4: Ex-Votos: Aesthetics and Forms; 5: Pilgrims and Politics; 6: Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.

Summary: "This book examines the spiritual community of the followers of St. Francis of Wounds in the town of Canindé in northeast Brazil. Their tradition involves pilgrimage and the practice of crafting unique offerings in payment for healing and reversal of bad fortune--a practice predating Christianity and brought to the new world by explorers and early European colonial powers. King argues that these marginalized Brazilians, living in a region where poverty is endemic, use St. Francis of Wounds to replace the medical and social services that the government has failed to provide. She further illustrates the evolution of the regional practice with photographs documenting all stages of this tradition, especially the folk art ex-votos used to pay for the saint's intervention"-- Provided by publisher.

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"This book examines the spiritual community of the followers of St. Francis of Wounds in the town of Canindé in northeast Brazil. Their tradition involves pilgrimage and the practice of crafting unique offerings in payment for healing and reversal of bad fortune--a practice predating Christianity and brought to the new world by explorers and early European colonial powers. King argues that these marginalized Brazilians, living in a region where poverty is endemic, use St. Francis of Wounds to replace the medical and social services that the government has failed to provide. She further illustrates the evolution of the regional practice with photographs documenting all stages of this tradition, especially the folk art ex-votos used to pay for the saint's intervention"-- Provided by publisher.