Blacks of the rosary : memory and history in Minas Gerais, Brazil /

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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 i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kiddy, Elizabeth W., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Black people > Brazil > Minas Gerais > Religion.
Brotherhoods > Brazil > Minas Gerais > History.
Rosary, Our Lady of the > Cult > Brazil > Minas Gerais > History.
Confréries > Brésil > Minas Gerais (État) > Histoire.
Notre-Dame du Rosaire > Culte > Brésil > Minas Gerais (État) > Histoire.
Personnes noires > Brésil > Minas Gerais (État) > Religion.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Black people > Religion
Brotherhoods
Rosary, Our Lady of the > Cult
Minas Gerais (Brazil) > Religious life and customs.
Minas Gerais (Brésil : État) > Vie religieuse.
Brazil > Minas Gerais
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • European origins of the rosary devotion of the Blacks
  • Africans in the brotherhoods
  • Early formation of the brotherhoods, 1690/1750
  • The late colonial period, 1750/1822
  • The brotherhoods in the Brazilian Empire
  • Congados and Reinados, 1888/1990
  • Voices of the Congadeiros.

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