Umbandas in cordel Literature

Authors

  • Lourival Andrade Junior Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2017v24n37p102

Abstract

Different ways of practicing Umbanda in Brazil have been recorded in Brazilian cordel poetry in several diverse forms. In general, cordelistas have no personal and direct knowledge about the Umbanda religion itself, given that most of them are Catholic; they, therefore, appropriate concepts and preconcepts widely accepted by common sense. In this sense, we work towards understanding, from cordelistas’ perspective and universe, how Umbandas are understood by them, poets, and how this literary genre contributed to the crystallization of Umbandas’ image, especially about their spiritual entities and Orixas.

Author Biography

Lourival Andrade Junior, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Graduado em História (UNIVALI), Mestre em História (UFSC), Doutor em História (UFPR) e Pós-Doutor em História (UEL). Professor do Departamento de História da UFRN, campus Caicó.

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Published

2017-10-16

How to Cite

Andrade Junior, L. (2017). Umbandas in cordel Literature. Esboços: Histories in Global Contexts, 24(37), 102–125. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2017v24n37p102

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 37 (2017): História das Religiões e Religiosidades

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Special issue

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