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10%OFFLaura de Mello E Souza - The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross. Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil.  - 9780292702363 - V9780292702363
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The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross. Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil.

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Description for The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross. Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil. Paperback. Reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, this title argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.

Originally published in Brazil as O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz, this translation from the Portuguese analyzes the nature of popular religion and the ways it was transferred to the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Using richly detailed transcripts from Inquisition trials, Mello e Souza reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic and magical religious culture in Brazil.

Focusing on sorcery, the author argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a uniquely Brazilian set of beliefs that became central ... Read more

Stuart Schwartz of Yale University says, "It is arguably the best book of this genre about Latin America...all in all, a wonderful book." Alida Metcalf of Trinity University, San Antonio, says, "This book is a major contribution to the field of Brazilian history...the first serious study of popular religion in colonial Brazil...Mello e Souza is a wonderful writer."

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
Series
LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series
Number of Pages
374
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292702363
SKU
V9780292702363
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About Laura de Mello E Souza
Laura de Mello e Souza is Professor of History at the Universidade de São Paulo. Diane Grosklaus Whitty is a freelance translator specializing in Brazilian works.

Reviews for The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross. Witchcraft, Slavery, and Popular Religion in Colonial Brazil.
" ... engaging in its breadth and well as in its scope."
Jrnl of Latin American Studies, February 2005

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