Moved by the Dead by Michael Amoruso - 9781469685175

Name: Moved by the Dead by Michael Amoruso - 9781469685175
Brand: The University of North Carolina Press

The University of North Carolina Press

Moved by the DeadHaunting and Devotion in So Paulo, Brazil\nAuthor(s): Michael Amoruso\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: The University of North Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9781469685175, 978-1469685175\nSynopsis\nIn the sprawling city of Sao Paulo, a weekly practice known as devotion to souls (devocao as almas) draws devotees to Catholic churches, cemeteries, and other sites associated with tragic or unjust deaths. The living pray and light candles for the souls of the dead, remembering events and circumstances in a rite of collective suffering. Yet contemporary devotion to souls is not confined to Catholic adherents or fixed to specific locations. The practice is also linked to popular tours of haunted sites in the city, and it moves within an urban environment routinely marked by violence and death. While based in Catholic traditions, devotion to souls is as complex and multifaceted as religion itself in Brazil, where Afric.