Feast and Sin
Catholic Missionaries and Native Celebrations in Early Colonial Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12970902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | João Azevedo Fernandes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-127 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social History of Alcohol Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-2783 • E-ISSN: 2640-7329 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/shad23020111 |
| OpenAlex | W2898503561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper analyzes the struggle of Christian missionaries, notably the Jesuits, against the feasts and alcoholic beverages of the native peoples of colonial Brazil. The missionaries realized that, in the course of these celebrations, the Tupinambá culture, the main impeding force behind evangelization, was renewed and reasserted. It also looks into the main strategies employed by the Europeans to achieve their goal of putting the native feasts to an end as well as propagating the view which privileged temperance and abstinence
Abstinence · Ancient history · Archaeology · Colonialism · Ethnology · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Indigenous Studies in Latin America · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religious studies · Urban and sociocultural dynamics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |