Description:
"An enthralling account of the spirits of the street, whose stories are as complex as those of their human hosts. Long ignored both by governments and by scholars, here these spirits and persons finally acquire full rights to a rich representation. There is no book quite like it." --Paul Christopher Johnson, author of "Secrets, Gossip and Gods: The Transformation of Brazilian Candomble" and "Diaspora Conversions: Black Carib Religion and the Recovery of Africa"
"Hayes constructs a cogent and passionate account that masterfully weaves the daily struggles, hopes, and resilience of women living in a favela with keen, unassuming, and often witty insights about fieldwork and the ethnographic encounter." --Raquel Romberg, author of "Healing Dramas: Divination and Magic in Modern Puerto Rico"
Review Quotes: "A book outside of the box that will evoke the Pomba Gira in all its readers."-- "Nacla/Report On The Americas" (8/1/2012 12:00:00 AM)