Umbanda entities’ imaginary: Dilemas in shared aesthetics over plaster images
The study of the evolution of plaster images of Umbanda entities, sold in religious goods stores, including a brief history of its most expressive manufacturer (Imagens Bahia), reveals social and behavioral changes over time. The images of the so-called left-wing entities, exus and Pomba-giras, refl...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) |
| Repositorio: | Cadernos de Campo: Revista de Ciências Sociais |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/18214 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/cadernos/article/view/18214 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Umbanda Religious materialities Religious images Agency of objects Religious goods stores Materialidades religiosas Imagens religiosas Lojas de artigos religiosos Imágenes religiosas Tiendas de artículos religiosos |
| Sumario: | The study of the evolution of plaster images of Umbanda entities, sold in religious goods stores, including a brief history of its most expressive manufacturer (Imagens Bahia), reveals social and behavioral changes over time. The images of the so-called left-wing entities, exus and Pomba-giras, reflect dilemmas involving the exposure of sexuality and a certain degree of zoomorphism. At the same time, the different opinions of devotees on whether to cover the breasts of Pomba-giras in statues and represent exus with the bodily parts of animals challenges the manufacturer/designer to reconcile such divergences in the production of statues, having to update them from time to time without losing tradition. This research reveals that a combination of spiritual revelation and social construction determines the imagination of Umbanda entities. Regarding agency, there is a dialectical process in which sometimes believers are influenced by the plaster representations, and sometimes devotees determine them. |
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