Becoming Brazilians : race and national identity in twentieth-century Brazil / Marshall C. Eakin, Vanderbilt University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig), 1952- author.

Series:

New approaches to the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freyre, Gilberto, 1900-1987--Criticism and interpretation.

Freyre, Gilberto.

Freyre, Gilberto, 1900-1987.

National characteristics, Brazilian.

Multiracial people--Brazil.

Multiracial people.

Multiculturalism.

Criticism and interpretation.

Brazil.

Black people--Race identity--Brazil.

Black people.

Black people--Race identity.

Brazil--Race relations.

Race relations.

Multiculturalism--Brazil.

Brazil--Civilization--20th century.

Civilization.

Brazil--Intellectual life--20th century.

Intellectual life.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvii, 327 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mesticagem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mesticagem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become the dominant feature of Brazilian national identity, demonstrating how diverse Brazilians embraced mesticagem, via popular dance and music, film and television, literature, soccer, and protest movements. The Freyrean vision of the unity of Brazilians built on mesticagem begins a gradual decline in the 1980s with the emergence of an identity politics stressing racial differences and multiculturalism"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107175761

1107175763

9781316626009

1316626008

OCLC:

990778113