African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
c2013.
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| Series: | New World diasporas series
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of 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.