Gender, Catholicism, and morality in Brazil: virtuous husbands, powerful wives

Gender, Catholicism, and morality in Brazil: virtuous husbands, powerful wives

Mayblin, Maya

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Through the ethnography of a Catholic community in Northeast Brazil, this book offers a vivid and provocative rethinking of gendered portrayals of Catholiclife. INDICE: Introduction The Land and the People Marriage in Santa Lucia The Bearing of Burdens: Suffering, Containment, and Healing Working to Sweat: Labor, Narrative, and Redemption Virtuous Husbands, Powerful Wives: Marriage and the Dangers of Power From Innocence to Knowledge Conclusion

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-62312-5
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 240
  • Fecha Publicación: 14/04/2010
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés