Nego veio é um sofrer : uma etnografia da subalternidade e do subalterno numa irmandade do Rosário

The object of this work is a fellowship of São Sebastião e Nossa Senhora do Rosário in the city of Jardim do Seridó (RN), that is, a black catholic fellowship on the sertão potiguar. The devotion to Nossa Senhora do Rosário, in colonial Brazil, organizes itself through black catholic men as fellowships. They blossomed in Brazil until the abolition, getting support from the Catholic church, from owners of slaves and from the population in general − unlike others afro-Brazilian religious expression. Today, these fellowships remain active, against the sentimental pessimism of the folklore studies, and they also have a highlight position in the calendar of many cities in Brazil, and in particular in Seridó. The research s foothold is the apparent valorization of the fellowship by the local elite, attitude that hides asymmetric relationships between the group of negros do Rosário and the local authorities, having as its consequence that the members occupy a subaltern position inside their own fellowship. This subalternity take place, mainly, in the public area, where the negros do Rosário cannot represent themselves neither political nor discursively. To discuss this idea, it s done a brief historical of these catholic institutions as well as a description of the relationship between the negros do Rosário and the elites of the city. Then, the phenomenon is analyzed as folklore and/or religion , under the perspective of many agents that participate in this process. In other moment, it is going to be presented how the group formulates their own representation of the history, of the devotional forms and of their own political-religious experiences. In this sense, an ethnography of the subalternity is understood as an analysis of the process that leads the negros do Rosário to become a subaltern group. It s also outlined the perception that the group has of its own position, through an ethnography essay of the subaltern subject. The research, focused in the group of Rosário, was done between August 2010 and January 2012 and includes other agents (like treasurers, priests and intellectuals). Besides that, as a methodological complement, there are documental research, photography, as well as shoots of the party days and public presentation

Aventura espiritual: terapêutica na irmandade dos alcoólicos anônimos

Aborda a compreensão do processo terapêutico no espaço dos Alcoólicos Anônimos (AA) em Belém, Pará, chamado de “recuperação”. Este grupo se apresenta como uma “irmandade”, a qual busca acolher aqueles que considera portadores de doença de natureza física, e espiritual, o alcoolismo, oferecendo-lhes apoio para que alcançar a chamada “sobriedade “. A transição entre uma vida tida como plena de infortúnios, para o que seria uma vida feliz e útil em sua concepção, é possível pela prática de princípios de conduta considerados como espirituais, onde substituem a dependência alcoólica pela dependência ao chamado “Poder Superior”. A “recuperação” no AA diz respeito então ao percurso terapêutico ao qual são submetidos os participantes da Irmandade e nesse sentido é um processo a ser administrado por toda a vida através da participação no grupo. Quando o membro de AA afirma-se recuperado ”ou em recuperação” quer comunicar que não ingere mais bebidas alcoólicas, mas que participa da Irmandade, seguindo os preceitos como recomendado e neste sentido, é que está verdadeiramente sóbrio”. Constata-se que “se recuperar” significa mais do que não ingerir bebidas alcoólicas, pois implica em compartilhar com os demais, as categorias referentes à visão institucional sobre a realidade (saúde, trabalho, família, sexualidade, espiritualidade), assumindo o AA “como um modo de vida”.

Memoria historica da milagrosa imagem do Senhor Dos Passos, sita no real convento de S. Domingos de Lisboa; e da creaca?o,? e progressos da su irmandade ... /

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Entre missas e batuques: Irmandade de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Homens Pretos em Recife, Goiana e Olinda - Século XVIII

This work is a comparative study of three black brotherhoods that existed in Pernambuco in the eighteenth century, it is the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black Men of Recife, Olinda and Goiás. The goal was to understand the similarities and differences between them, taking as benchmark their operating statutes, called Appointments. From the data analysis of the commitments associated with other documents produced by the Brotherhoods and the administrative and religious authorities, we sought the social profile of the villages in evidence, as well as the participation of black people inside. We sought to understand the historical conditions of that period, from the fact that the slave society, the black was placed in a position of subordination. However, as a carrier element of culture, although this condition, was able to overcome social obstacles, opening possibilities for own cultural manifestations of his group could occur. The coexistence in the Brotherhoods of the Rosary, which in addition to organizations for mutual assistance within the Catholic religion, is also constituted as fields mediators between high culture and popular culture, made those organizations become social spaces and representation allowed the existing order. The Brotherhoods of the Rosary in Recife, Olinda and Goiás, had their own hierarchical logic that engendered the construction of new black identities marked by cultural circularity that became possible due to the Atlantic diaspora process