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Religions in Rio
Contributor(s): Lessa-Schmidt, Ana (Author), Do Rio, Joao (Author)
ISBN: 0990589986     ISBN-13: 9780990589983
Publisher: New London Librarium
OUR PRICE:   $16.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Comparative Religion
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.32 lbs) 410 pages
 
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Jo o do Rio (1881-1921) was a literary journalist before his time, before the term existed, before anyone saw that journalism could be raised to the level of art by infusing it with intellecual insight and sociological analysis. He went wherever necessary to observe life as Rio de Janeiro struggled to enter the 20th century while clinging to its traditional imperial politics and lifestyle. He flaunted his homosexuality a century before it became socially acceptable. Here, for the first time in English, are Jo o do Rio's reports on the bizarre confluence of European, North American, and African religions that found adherents in Rio de Janeiro. Candombl , Spiritism, Positivism, Satanism, Judaism, the Cult of the Sea, the New Jerusalem, the Physiolaters, the Priestesses, the Evangelicals...they all fell under his scrutiny. Ana Lessa-Schmidt's translation of As Religi es no Rio, brilliant and true to the original, brings Jo o do Rio's insight and revelations to full light. Just as Jo o do Rio took readers down the dark streets of the low-life and into dark houses of worship, Lessa-Schmidt's translation takes readers into one of the world's most glorious and mysterious cities during its post-imperial heyday at the turn of the 20th century.