A santa negra dos Inhamuns: um estudo das performances que atualizam o culto à escrava Marciana em Planalto, Arneiroz, Ceará

• Ano de defesa: 2010
• Autor(a) principal: Mendes, Edilberto da Silva
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Canonização espontânea; Performance; Memória; Comunicação; Spontaneous canonization; Memory; Communication; Igreja Católica - Planalto (Arneiroz, CE); Escravas - Planalto (Arneiroz, CE) - Biografia; Teatro e sociedade - Planalto (Arneiroz, CE); Religiosidade; Planalto (Arneiroz, CE) - Usos e costumes religiosos
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/697

This study presents and analyses the performances related to the cult of Saint Marciana in Planalto, Arneiroz, Ceará. Marciana is a typical case of spontaneous canonization as Paul Zumthor defines the phenomenon by which certain individuals are considered saints and receive worship without the official recognition of the Catholic Church. Assuming that performance is a privileged place to articulate social memory, the research investigates the ceremonial and bodily practices through which people at Planalto update this cult. Understanding that evoked images of the past can legitimize the present social order, the research speculates on the meanings implied in the community´s effort to keep the cult of Marciana alive.