Blacks of the Rosary: Memory and History in Minas Gerais, Brazil
By
Elizabeth W. Kiddy (Author)
Hardback
Available / dispatched within 1 - 4 weeks
Quantity
Description
Blacks of the Rosary tells the story of the Afro-Brazilian communities that developed within lay religious brotherhoods dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary in Minas Gerais. It shows how these brotherhoods functioned as a social space in which Africans and their descendants could rebuild a communal identity based on a shared history of an African past and an ongoing devotional practice, thereby giving rise to enduring transnational cultures that have survived to the present day. In exploring this intersection of community, identity, and memory, the book probes the Portuguese and African contributions to the brotherhoods in Part One. Part Two traces the changes and continuities within the organizations from the early eighteenth century to the end of the Brazilian Empire, and the book concludes in Part Three with discussion of the twentieth-century brotherhoods and narratives of the participants in brotherhood festivals in the 1990s. In a larger sense, the book serves as a case study through which readers can examine the strategies that Afro-Brazilians used to create viable communities in order to confront the asymmetry of power inherent in the slave societies of the Americas and their economic and social marginalization in the twentieth century. 5 Maps; 8 Halftones, black and white
About the Author
Elizabeth W. Kiddy is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Albright College.
More Details
- Contributor: Elizabeth W. Kiddy
- Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
- ISBN13: 9780271026930
- Number of Pages: 304
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x20mm
- Packaged Weight: 626
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
- Release Date: 2005-08-18
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Elizabeth W. Kiddy is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Albright College.
Delivery Options
Home Delivery
Store Delivery
Free Returns
We hope you are delighted with everything you buy from us. However, if you are not, we will refund or replace your order up to 30 days after purchase. Terms and exclusions apply; find out more from our Returns and Refunds Policy.