From ancestral cult to cristianism and vice versa: glimpses of the practice of communication in the spiritanin missions of the Central Highlands of Angola

Author(s)

Iracema Hilario Dulley

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
• Defense date: 2008-06-19

Examining board members

Omar Ribeiro Thomaz; Paula Montero; John Manuel Monteiro

• Advisor: Omar Ribeiro Thomaz

Abstract

The present work focuses on the practice of communication in the Catholic missions of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit located in the Central Highlands of Angola, territory of the Ovimbundu, from mid-19th century to pre-Liberation War 20th century. Its empirical material consists basically of translations of oral genres from Umbundu into Portuguese (proverbs, tales, conundrums) and Catholic doctrinal material (catechisms, liturgies) from Portuguese into Umbundu. Based on these registers, an attempt is made to grasp the process of symbolic struggle between the various agents involved in the missionary context in order to understand the meaning convention arising from this relationshi (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 06/02222-7 - Suku onganga: a missionary version of Ovimbundu ethics
• Grantee: Iracema Hilário Dulley
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master