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Blessed Anastacia: Women, Race, and Popular Christianity in Brazil
Blessed Anastacia Women Race and Popular Christianity in Brazil
Author: John Burdick
The weakness of Brazil's black consciousness movement is commonly attributed to the fragility of Afro-Brazilian ethnic identity. In a major account, John Burdick challenges this view by revealing the many-layered reality of popular black consciousness and identity in an arena that is usually overlooked: that of popular Christianity. — Blessed ...  more » describes how popular Christianity confronts everyday racism and contributes to the formation of racial identity. The author concludes that if organizers of the black consciousness movement were to recognize the profound racial meaning inherent in this area of popular religiosity, they might be more successful in bridging the gap with its poor and working-class constituency.
ISBN-13: 9780415912594
ISBN-10: 0415912598
Publication Date: 10/13/1998
Pages: 246
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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