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)