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Gender, Catholicism, and morality in Brazil : virtuous husbands, powerful wives /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mayblin, Maya
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Contemporary anthropology of religion.
Subjects:
Christian sociology > Brazil > Pernambuco.
Catholic Church > 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.
Table of Contents:
  • The land and the people
  • Marriage in Santa Lucia
  • The bearing of burdens : suffering, containment, and healing
  • Working to sweat : labor, narrative, and redemption
  • Virtuous husbands, powerful wives : marriage and the dangers of power
  • From innocence to knowledge.