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From fanatics to folk Brazilian millenarianism and popular culture
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Title
From fanatics to folk [electronic resource] : Brazilian millenarianism and popular culture / Patricia R. Pessar.
ISBN
9780822385653
0822385651
0822332752 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822332756 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822332647 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822332640 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Physical Description
xiv, 273 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 24, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-261) and index.
Contents
The world turned upside down : the origins of the Canudos, Contestado, and Juazeiro movements
The Povo make a saint
The Coronel and the Beato
"Work like you're going to live forever, pray like you're going to die today"
Pedro Batista "moves on" and the king
Attempts to claim the throne
A romaria se acabou/The romaria is over
Constituting the romeiros into "traditional" folk
Millenarianism, state formation, and resistance.
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