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African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil / Scott Ickes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ickes, Scott.
- Series:
- New World diasporas series
- New world diasporas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Brazil--Bahia (State)--History.
- Black people.
- Social classes.
- History.
- Bahia (Brazil : State)--Social conditions.
- Bahia (Brazil : State).
- Bahia (Brazil : State)--Race relations.
- Bahia (Brazil : State)--History.
- Social classes--Brazil--Bahia (State).
- Brazil--Bahia (State).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 322 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
- Summary:
- An examination of why Afro-Bahian people are a marginalized racial group despite the fact that Bahia has a majority black population.
- 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 Afoxés
- The project of regional identity formation: culture, politics, and tourism
- Conclusion and epilogue: cultural politics in Bahia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813044781
- 0813044782
- OCLC:
- 806013184
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