From Fanatics to Folk

by Pessar, Patricia R.

• ISBN13: 9780822332756
• ISBN10: 0822332752
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"""No one has written to any significant extent on Pedro Batista before this book, and Patricia R. Pessar's detailed explanation of what has become of Batista's movement following his death is fascinating. Her interdisciplinary use of history, anthropology, and political science is exemplary."--Paul J. Vanderwood, author of "The Power of God against the Guns of Government: Religious Upheaval in Mexico at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century"

Author Biography

Patricia R. Pessar is an associate professor of American Studies; Anthropology; African American Studies; and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration; and is the director of the Global Migration Project at Yale University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(14)
The World Turned Upside Down: The Origins of the Canudos, Contestado, and Juazeiro Movements	15	(22)
The Povo Make a Saint	37	(30)
The Coronel and the Beato	67	(30)
``Work Like You're Going to Live Forever and Pray Like You're Going to Die Today''	97	(38)
Pedro Batista ``Moves On'' and the King Attempts to Claim the Throne	135	(18)
A Romaria Se Acabou (The Romaria Is Over)	153	(32)
Constituting the Romeiros into ``Traditional'' Folk	185	(40)
Conclusion	225	(8)
Postscript	233	(2)
Notes	235	(16)
Bibliography	251	(12)
Index	263