Famílias de santo

As Histórias Dos Ancestrais E Os Enredos Contemporâneos

Bibliographic Data

ID5815007
AuthorsLigia Pagliuso (corresponding author)
Year2012
Publication date2012-08-09
Open AccessYes
TypeTHESIS
PublisherUniversidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/t.59.2012.tde-18102012-055706
OpenAlexW2120114603
LanguagePT
References cited19

Umbanda can be considered a religion that portrays through its rituals the African roots of our society.The present study aimed to investigate the construction of affective and filiation bonds in the rituals of an umbandist family.To this end, based on Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, it was examined into what extent the African-brazilian ancestry experiences are able to repare and consolidate affective and filiation bonds through a symbolic conception of family (a família de santo).The method used is named participant listening.This method combines psychoanalytic technical resources, including attention to the mode of inclusion of the researcher in the field and attention to transference aspects with ethnographic procedures.The research was conducted in a Temple, named Seara da Esperança and Lar Dona Cotinha, social institution administered by the family under study, both located in the city of São Paulo.About the concept of family, it was observed an African-brazilian matrix of understanding which reflects in the meaning of work in the social institution.The spiritual guides of the temple interpret themselves as "parents" and ancestral spirits and the faithful and other members of the community as their "children."These latter are defined as children but also as ancestors potentially caretakers, since these positions may alternate in the chain generation of the family.This representation of person and family is not only crucial to the understanding of the relationships within the family but also broadens the understanding of the work meaning with children in shelter, translating into inclusive social knowledge and practices that deserve the attention of an Afro-Brazilian Ethnopsychology

Active listening · Ethnography · Institution · Participant observation · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Representation · Social institution · Social representation · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Communication · Development, Ethics, and Society · Gender Studies · Psychology · Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil · Religion and Society in Latin America · Social Psychology

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