ACUSAÇÕES DE FEITIÇARIA E INSURREIÇÕES ESCRAVAS NO SUDESTE DO IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL
This paper is based upon a study on witchcraft beliefs in the Empire of Brazil. Our research showed that there was no legislation ruling over witchcraft accusations during Imperial times, unlike Colonial and Republican periods. Still, several kinds of contemporary documents helped us to demonstrate...
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doaj-3099eec57d284f97b6b5ff36a4fbf5c62021-04-02T03:40:16ZengUniversidade Federal da Bahia - Centro de Estudos Afro-OrientaisAfro-Ásia0002-05911981-14112008-01-0138211244ACUSAÇÕES DE FEITIÇARIA E INSURREIÇÕES ESCRAVAS NO SUDESTE DO IMPÉRIO DO BRASILLuiz Alberto CouceiroThis paper is based upon a study on witchcraft beliefs in the Empire of Brazil. Our research showed that there was no legislation ruling over witchcraft accusations during Imperial times, unlike Colonial and Republican periods. Still, several kinds of contemporary documents helped us to demonstrate that under the Empire, as well as later on, under Republican governments, the belief in witchcraft pervaded all social classes. Paradigmatic cases were analyzed in order to unravel this magic-religious system of belief. Cases presented here regard newspaper stories about the hearings of a character called "Pai Gavião" ("Father Hawk"), a spirit who spoke through the mouth of an African slave in São Paulo, as well as documents produced by Imperial officers in Southwestern Brazil.http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=77015013005 |
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Luiz Alberto Couceiro |
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ACUSAÇÕES DE FEITIÇARIA E INSURREIÇÕES ESCRAVAS NO SUDESTE DO IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL |
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ACUSAÇÕES DE FEITIÇARIA E INSURREIÇÕES ESCRAVAS NO SUDESTE DO IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL |
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ACUSAÇÕES DE FEITIÇARIA E INSURREIÇÕES ESCRAVAS NO SUDESTE DO IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL |
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ACUSAÇÕES DE FEITIÇARIA E INSURREIÇÕES ESCRAVAS NO SUDESTE DO IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL |
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ACUSAÇÕES DE FEITIÇARIA E INSURREIÇÕES ESCRAVAS NO SUDESTE DO IMPÉRIO DO BRASIL |
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acusações de feitiçaria e insurreições escravas no sudeste do império do brasil |
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Universidade Federal da Bahia - Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais |
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Afro-Ásia |
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0002-0591 1981-1411 |
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2008-01-01 |
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This paper is based upon a study on witchcraft beliefs in the Empire of Brazil. Our research showed that there was no legislation ruling over witchcraft accusations during Imperial times, unlike Colonial and Republican periods. Still, several kinds of contemporary documents helped us to demonstrate that under the Empire, as well as later on, under Republican governments, the belief in witchcraft pervaded all social classes. Paradigmatic cases were analyzed in order to unravel this magic-religious system of belief. Cases presented here regard newspaper stories about the hearings of a character called "Pai Gavião" ("Father Hawk"), a spirit who spoke through the mouth of an African slave in São Paulo, as well as documents produced by Imperial
officers in Southwestern Brazil. |
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