“Pomba Gira Keeps an Eye on Us”: The Presence of the Orixás in Rio de Janeiro Brothels

“City of Women” (2006 [1947]) both highlight how African-Brazilian religions have maintained connections to sexual practices considered to be “perverse” by Christian moralities. The present article describes the presence of the orixás in today’s brothels in Rio de Janeiro. We emphasize the use of Ca...

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Authors: Blanchette, Thadeus (Author) ; Lisio, Amanda De (Author) ; Silva, Ana Paula da (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego 2018
In: Studia religiologica
Year: 2018, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 247-263
Further subjects:B African Brazilian religions
B Prostitution
B afrykańsko-brazylijskie religie
B prostytucja
B Pomba Gira
B Rio De Janeiro
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Summary:“City of Women” (2006 [1947]) both highlight how African-Brazilian religions have maintained connections to sexual practices considered to be “perverse” by Christian moralities. The present article describes the presence of the orixás in today’s brothels in Rio de Janeiro. We emphasize the use of Candomblé and Umbanda as counter-hegemonic forms of spirituality which protect women involved in the sale of sex and are used as symbolic languages criticizing a moral order that highlights female passivity. Through the language of the saints, that which cannot be said becomes public in Carioca brothels, highlighting agencies in a space nominally dominated by men.
ISSN:2084-4077
Contains:Enthalten in: Studia religiologica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4467/20844077SR.18.018.10102