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Author:

Ickes, Scott.

Title:

African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil / Scott Ickes.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xiii, 322 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary:

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

Series:

New world diasporas

ISBN:

0813044782 (alk. paper)
9780813044781 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)806013184

LCCN:

2013007073

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)