Blacks of the Rosary: Memory and History in Minas Gerais, BrazilBlacks of the Rosary tells the story of the Afro-Brazilian communities that developed within lay religious brotherhoods dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary in Minas Gerais. It shows how these brotherhoods functioned as a social space in which Africans and their descendants could rebuild a communal identity based on a shared history of an African past and an ongoing devotional practice, thereby giving rise to enduring transnational cultures that have survived to the present day. In exploring this intersection of community, identity, and memory, the book probes the Portuguese and African contributions to the brotherhoods in Part One. Part Two traces the changes and continuities within the organizations from the early eighteenth century to the end of the Brazilian Empire, and the book concludes in Part Three with discussion of the twentieth-century brotherhoods and narratives of the participants in brotherhood festivals in the 1990s. In a larger sense, the book serves as a case study through which readers can examine the strategies that Afro-Brazilians used to create viable communities in order to confront the asymmetry of power inherent in the slave societies of the Americas and their economic and social marginalization in the twentieth century. |
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... Congados and Reinados, 1888–1990 173 7 Voices of the Congadeiros 207 conclusion xv 241 appendix 251 glossary 259 bibliography 263 index 281 illustrations and maps ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Dona Maria Geralda da Silva Contents.
... congados of Jatobá and Oliveira, without whom this book would not be possible. In Jatobá I want to thank Dona Maria Geralda Ferreira, for sharing so many stories, and her son João Lopes, capitão-mor of the festival, for giving me ...
... RAPM American Historical Review Hispanic American Historical Review Latin American Research Review Revista do Arquivo Público Mineiro introduction Esse Congado vem do princípio do mundo. Ninguem sabe xvi abbreviations.
Memory and History in Minas Gerais, Brazil Elizabeth W. Kiddy. introduction. Esse Congado vem do princípio do mundo. Ninguem sabe o princípio dele, e ninguem sabe o fim. [This Congado comes from the beginning of the world. No one knows ...
... congado groups, some using the names of African nations and wearing the colors of the saints, play drums and shakers, sing and dance, and escort their kings and queens. The festivals include the coronations of these kings and queens in ...
Contents
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3 Early Formation of the Brotherhoods 16901750 | 67 |
4 The Late Colonial Period 17501822 | 103 |
5 The Brotherhoods in the Brazilian Empire | 139 |
6 Congados and Reinados 18881990 | 173 |
7 Voices of the Congadeiros | 207 |
Conclusion | 241 |
Appendix | 251 |
Glossary | 259 |
Bibliography | 263 |
Index | 281 |
Back Cover | 288 |
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