Blacks Of The Rosary
Subtitle: Memory And History In Minas Gerais, Brazil
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: September 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780271026930
Subjects: Black studies; Christian communities & monasticism; Religion; Religion - Catholicism; Christianity - History - Catholic; Latin America - South America; Christianity - Denominations; Blacks; Brazil; Brotherhoods; Cult; History; Minas Gerais; Rosary, Our Lady of the
Description: "Blacks 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."--BOOK JACKET.