Ickes, Scott.

African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia, Brazil [Recurso electrónico] / Scott Ickes. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2013. - 1 online resource (320 p.) - New world diasporas . - New World diasporas series. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

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 Afoxes -- The project of regional identity formation: culture, politics, and tourism -- Conclusion and epilogue: cultural politics in Bahia.

Libro Electrónico

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

9780813048383




Social classes--Brazil--Bahia (State)
Blacks--History.--Brazil--Bahia (State)


Bahia (Brazil : State)--History.
Bahia (Brazil : State)--Race relations.
Bahia (Brazil : State)--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

F2551 / .I25 2013

305.800981/42