Ecos da África Ocidental: o que a mitologia dos orixás nos diz sobre as mulheres africanas do século XIX
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2016-06-10
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Azorli, Diego Fernando Rodrigues [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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Procuramos pensar, nesse trabalho, uma história das mulheres da África Ocidental do século XIX a partir da mitologia dos orixás. Esses deuses africanos têm seus relatos mitológicos repletos de indicações do cotidiano dessas mulheres iorubás que foram também retratadas pelos viajantes que passaram pela África nesse período, embora com objetivos distintos do nosso. O dia-a-dia, no desempenho de suas funções sociais de mãe e esposa, também foram encontrados nas receitas recolhidas por Pierre Verger. Complementamos nossa análise com os Odus de Ifá - relatos sobre um tempo primordial, onde se aconselha o modo de viver e proceder para que se possa desenvolver uma vida de acordo com a vontade dos deuses – onde as mulheres são interpretadas pela ótica masculina, uma vez que apenas os homens detinham o segredo desse oráculo. As africanas, da região estudada por nós, foram descritas e reinterpretadas pelos homens e mulheres que delas se recordaram após a Diáspora Africana pelo Novo Mundo, rememorando-as mascaradas nas mitologias das orixás: Euá, Nanã, Obá, Iansã e Oxum. Dentre os temas abordados por nós estão o casamento, a vida doméstica, a maternidade, a concepção e outras nuances da vida dessas mulheres.
We try to think, in this work, a story of women in West Africa of the nineteenth century from the mythology of the orishas. These African gods have their mythological stories full of everyday indications of these Yoruba women who were also portrayed by travelers who passed through Africa in that period, although with different objectives from ours. The day-to-day performance of their social duties of mother and wife, were also found in the revenue collected by Pierre Verger. We complement our analysis with Odus of Ifa - reports of a prime time, where we advise how to live and carry so that you can develop a life according to the will of the gods - where women are interpreted by male perspective, since that only they held the secret of this oracle. The african woman, of the region studied by us, have been described and reinterpreted by men and women who are recalled them after the African Diaspora in the New World, reminiscing masked in the mythologies of the Orishas: Eua, Nanã, Oba, Iansa and Oshun. Among the topics addressed by us are marriage, domestic life, motherhood, design and other nuances of the lives of these women.
We try to think, in this work, a story of women in West Africa of the nineteenth century from the mythology of the orishas. These African gods have their mythological stories full of everyday indications of these Yoruba women who were also portrayed by travelers who passed through Africa in that period, although with different objectives from ours. The day-to-day performance of their social duties of mother and wife, were also found in the revenue collected by Pierre Verger. We complement our analysis with Odus of Ifa - reports of a prime time, where we advise how to live and carry so that you can develop a life according to the will of the gods - where women are interpreted by male perspective, since that only they held the secret of this oracle. The african woman, of the region studied by us, have been described and reinterpreted by men and women who are recalled them after the African Diaspora in the New World, reminiscing masked in the mythologies of the Orishas: Eua, Nanã, Oba, Iansa and Oshun. Among the topics addressed by us are marriage, domestic life, motherhood, design and other nuances of the lives of these women.
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História, Mitologia, Mulheres, Candomblé, Orixás, History, Mythology, Women, Candomblé, Orishas