Gender, Catholicism, and morality in Brazil
Subtitle: virtuous husbands, powerful wives
By: Maya Mayblin.
Series: Contemporary anthropology of religion
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230623125
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Brazil -- Pernambuco; Christian sociology -- Brazil -- Pernambuco; Marriage -- Brazil -- Pernambuco; Sex role -- Brazil -- Pernambuco; Christian sociology -- Catholic Church; Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Pernambuco (Brazil) -- Religious life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The land and the people; title: Marriage in Santa Lucia; title: The bearing of burdens : suffering, containment, and healing; title: Working to sweat : labor, narrative, and redemption; title: Virtuous husbands, powerful wives : marriage and the dangers of power; title: From innocence to knowledge.