Pai-Raiol e Tia Balbina: negros e feiticeiros

Carlo Machado Pianta

doi:10.5433/1678-2054.2009v17p18

Pai-Raio and Tia Balbina: blacks and sorcerers

Authors

Carlo Machado Pianta Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1678-2054.2009v17p18

Keywords:

Black sorcerer, Creole slaves, Brazilian literature 19th century

Abstract

This essay analizes the image of coloured enchanters in pre-abolition Brazil based on characters Pai-Raiol (As vítimas-algozes, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, 1869) and tia Balbina (José do Patrocínio, 1877). The author summarize the books; analizes the refered characters features and their differences from each other; and approaches the authors vision related to their catholic background and the general coloured and enchanters in their cultural context.

Author Biography

Carlo Machado Pianta, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Master's student in Brazilian Literature at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

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2009-12-30

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Pianta, Carlo Machado. “Pai-Raio and Tia Balbina: Blacks and Sorcerers”. Terra Roxa E Outras Terras: Revista De Estudos Literários, vol. 17, no. 2, Dec. 2009, pp. 18-28, doi:10.5433/1678-2054.2009v17p18.

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Vol. 17 No. 2: Literatura afro-brasileira (prosa de ficção)

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