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Holy Harlots

Femininity, Sexuality, and Black Magic in Brazil

by Kelly E. Hayes

An ethnography of devotion to Pombagira, the female spirit of the street in Afro-Brazilian religion, centred on a woman in Rio de Janeiro and her spirit. Hayes examines how the spirit speaks to experiences of sexuality, gender, violence and morality and how Quimbanda's reputation for black magic was formed.

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