Preface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Being, through the Archive 1 1. "The Eighteenth Battalion of Love": Failure and the Dissemination of Misinterpretation 44 2. Letters to the Amazons 102 3. Prostitution's Bureaucracy: Making Up People in the "City of Women" 141 4. A Metaphysics for Our Time: Pelourinho Properties, Bahian Social Bodies, and the Shifting Meanings of Rams and Fetuses 181 5. Treasure Tales and National Bodies: Mystery and Metaphor in Bahian Life 215 6. "But Madame, What If I Should Need to Defecate in Your Neighborhood?" 266 7. "Chatty Chatty Mouth, You Want to Know Your Culture" 305 Conclusion: Saints, Not Angels 345 Appendix: Acronyms Used 363 Notes 365 References 411 Index 443
Preface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Being, through the Archive 1 1. "The Eighteenth Battalion of Love": Failure and the Dissemination of Misinterpretation 44 2. Letters to the Amazons 102 3. Prostitution's Bureaucracy: Making Up People in the "City of Women" 141 4. A Metaphysics for Our Time: Pelourinho Properties, Bahian Social Bodies, and the Shifting Meanings of Rams and Fetuses 181 5. Treasure Tales and National Bodies: Mystery and Metaphor in Bahian Life 215 6. "But Madame, What If I Should Need to Defecate in Your Neighborhood?" 266 7. "Chatty Chatty Mouth, You Want to Know Your Culture" 305 Conclusion: Saints, Not Angels 345 Appendix: Acronyms Used 363 Notes 365 References 411 Index 443
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