Utopia e sociabilidade: imagens de sofrimento e caridade no Juazeiro do Norte

Authors

  • Roberta Bivar C. Campos Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Programa de Pós-graduação em Antropologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012003000100005

Keywords:

gift, moral sentiments, messianic expectation

Abstract

This article provides a discussion on how images of charity are related to an ideal image of society - a Utopia. By going deeper into the relation between images of suffering, poverty and mendicancy I explore how a group of penitents ''the Ave de Jesus'' from Juazeiro Norte creates a sociality based on generosity, hospitality and sharing whereby they realise a messianic expectation. The major argument leads to a more general discussion of the bases of social life, the material on the Ave de Jesus serving to stress the significance of sociality based on charity and a whole complex organized around it that challenges some classical athropological theory on gift-reciprocity.

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Published

2003-01-01

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 1 (2003)

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How to Cite

Campos, R. B. C. (2003). Utopia e sociabilidade: imagens de sofrimento e caridade no Juazeiro do Norte . Revista De Antropologia, 46(1), 211-250. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012003000100005