Manifestations of religious syncretism and magical practices in prostitution

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  • José López Riopedre Profesor-Tutor de Sociología y Antropología Social UNED Escuela de Ciencias Policiales de la Universidad de Vigo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/empiria.24.2012.844

Keywords:

syncretism, sacralization, magical practices, migratory flows, prostitution, sex industry, pomba gira

Abstract

Magic-religious practices and prostitution are two phenomena with interestinglinking points. This article discusses an approach to this reality throughsyncretic cults which, via Latin American countries as Brazil, have been establishedin Spain through migration, developing their own evolution here. Theanalytical framework chosen is sex industry, thus stating the practice of specificrituals such as pomba gira, where the invocation of spiritual beings is at the serviceof prostitution.

 

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López Riopedre, J. (2012). Manifestations of religious syncretism and magical practices in prostitution. Empiria. Revista de metodología de ciencias sociales, (24), 95–118. https://doi.org/10.5944/empiria.24.2012.844

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