African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil [electronic resource] / Scott Ickes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New World diasporas seriesPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.Description: xi, 322 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.800981/42 23
LOC classification:
  • F2551 .I25 2013eb
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Contents:
Introduction: Brazil's Black Rome and the remaking of Bahian regional identity -- Salvador, Bahia, 1930-1954 -- The revitalization of African-Bahian culture -- Performing Bahia: public festivals, samba, and African-Bahian agency -- Rituals of inclusion: evolving discourses of Bahianness -- Carnival of the people: Batucadas and Afox�es -- The project of regional identity formation: culture, politics, and tourism -- Conclusion and epilogue: cultural politics in Bahia.
Summary: An examination of why Afro-Bahian people are a marginalized racial group despite the fact that Bahia has a majority black population.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Brazil's Black Rome and the remaking of Bahian regional identity -- Salvador, Bahia, 1930-1954 -- The revitalization of African-Bahian culture -- Performing Bahia: public festivals, samba, and African-Bahian agency -- Rituals of inclusion: evolving discourses of Bahianness -- Carnival of the people: Batucadas and Afox�es -- The project of regional identity formation: culture, politics, and tourism -- Conclusion and epilogue: cultural politics in Bahia.

An examination of why Afro-Bahian people are a marginalized racial group despite the fact that Bahia has a majority black population.

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