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Slaves of the saints : Afro-Brazilian religions in Rio / University of California Press ; director and producer, Kelly E. Hayes ; writer, Catherine Crouch ; producer, Martie Marro.
LIBRA DVD 018 111
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Pomba-Gira.
- Afro-Brazilian religions--Brazil.
- Afro-Brazilian religions.
- Brazil--Religious life and customs.
- Brazil.
- Women--Brazil--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (64 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
- Language Note:
- In Portuguese with subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Women have a difficult life in the poor neighborhoods of Rio. This is a story of one woman, Nazaré da Silva, and some of the people in her life, who have embraced the figure of Pomba Gira, the spirit of an unruly harlot. These ceremonies offer release, but more so, the belief system offers order in a chaotic world.
- Participant:
- Marise de Oliveira Cruz Putz, Maria Nazaré César da Silva, Conceição Panesio da Silva.
- Credits:
- Camera, Catherine Crouch, Kelly E. Hayes; editor, Catherine Crouch; music, Martie Marro.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2010.
- Issued by the publisher to accompany the book Holy harlots : femininity, sexuality & black magic in Brazil / by Kelly E. Hayes. University of Pennsylvania Libraries have cataloged these items separately. See BL 2590 B7 H39 2011.
- ISBN:
- 9780520262645
- 0520262646
- 9780520262652
- 0520262654
- OCLC:
- 741788674
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