Weaving the Second Skin
Protection Against Evil Among the Valongo Slaves in Nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2973013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tania Andrade Lima (0000-0002-0500-6028, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author), Marcos André Torres De Souza (0000-0003-0434-1673, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Glaucia Malerba Sene (0000-0002-4595-2430, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 103-136 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2161-9441 • E-ISSN: 2161-9468 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/2161944114z.00000000015 |
| OpenAlex | W2019898391 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 35 |
This article presents some of the archaeological finds made at the Valongo Wharf in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans arrived at Valongo, in the first half of the nineteenth century, to be sold in Brazil’s largest slave market next to the wharf. We analyze artifacts that were intended to protect their bodies against all kinds of misfortunes. Combined with scarifications and tattoos, these objects produced a second skin, highly social in nature, as shown by the abundant iconography depicting Rio’s urban slaves during this period. We argue that such artifacts configured both resistance to domination and negotiation of less-disadvantageous positions in the slaves’ harsh daily lives. Through the materiality of these objects—lost, forgotten, discarded, or hidden—we can glimpse the beliefs and strategies of Valongo slaves to cope with oppression, as well as their despair and their hopes
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Broadside · Honour · Iconography · Materiality (auditing · Negotiation · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Weaving · Wharf · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 31 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |