Modes and moods of “Slave Anastácia,” Afro-Brazilian saint

Agency activated through exchanges with saints is not simply present or absent. Rather it is emergent, depending on the mode of saints’ material and social configurations, and the mood evoked by a specific saint’s manifestation. In this essay I consider the history of an Afro-Brazilian saint called...

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Main Author: Paul Christopher Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2018-06-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/jsa/15584