PROTAGONISMO DE MULHERES NA UMBANDA: MÃES DE SANTO E CAMBONAS NA REGIÃO SUDOESTE DO PARANÁ

• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Dalvana
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do UNICENTRO
• Texto Completo: http://tede.unicentro.br:8080/jspui/handle/jspui/1281
• topic: História das mulheres; Memória; Umbanda; women's history; Memory; Umbanda; CIENCIAS HUMANAS; CIENCIAS HUMANAS::HISTORIA

This dissertation has as main objective to understand thevarious feminine representations in u mbandist religiosity,with a look towards a history of women, from the rolesexercised by moth ers of Saint and Cambonas, in twotemples in the region Southwest of Paraná, the tent of hopel ocated in the municipality of Pato Branco and the Spiritisttent of Umbanda São Jorge, in the c ity of Clevelândia. It wasintended to investigate the importance of these women inthe lives of the people of saint from the memory and thereports of the interviewees. The dissertation also aims tocontribute to the writing of a history of Umbanda in Paraná,especially in the southwest region of the State, reflecting onmigration processes of the oldest initiates of the Tenda SãoJo rge, observing the history of Surveyed Terreiros, theirrituals and characteristics that constitute it as a umbandistreligiosity, and at the same time, with the watchful eye thespecificities of ea ch of them. The purpose is also to presentthe trajectory of Umbanda in Brazil, its processes of growthand legitimation. To this end, it was worth the ethnographicresearch and semistructure d interviews, with newemulsions and four men who were interviewed in bothTerreiros survey ed, based on the methodology of oralhistory. Destarte, it was possible to understand the influe ncethat women possess in Umbanda and in the lives of thoseinitiated in their families of saint. The field researchevidenced processes of umbandist religiosity characterizingthe temples sur veyed as emancipated, thus not beingplausible of generalization, the feeling of responsibility a ndgratitude that the interviewees carry With you for exercisingleadership positions within the ritualistic of the Terreiro. Itwas evident throughout the research, as well as thegratefulness tha t the initiates possess in relation to thereligion they chose to be part of, demonstrating feelings ofgratitude and connection with the Orixás and spiritualguides of religion. Among the theoret ical andmethodological referential used were: Ramos, Perrot, Portelli, Chartier, Albuquerque Júnior.