Download or read book From Fanatics to Folk written by Patricia R. Pessar and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In rejecting conventional understandings of Brazilian millenarianism, Pessar argues that it was both a dominant discourse and popular culture. Her focus is on the cult of Santa Brigida, a northeast based movement begun in the 1930s.