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Author:

Romo, Anadelia A.

Title:

Brazil's living museum : race, reform, and tradition in Bahia / Anadelia A. Romo.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xi, 221 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Bahia (Brazil : State)--History.
Bahia (Brazil : State)--Race relations.
Blacks--Bahia (State)--Bahia (State)--Government relations.
Blacks--History.--Bahia (State)--Bahia (State)--History.
Bahia (Brazil : State)--African influences.--African influences.
Politics and culture--Bahia (State)--Bahia (State)--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Between Africa and Athens : Bahia's search for identity -- Finding a cure for Bahia -- Contests of culture -- Preserving the past -- Debating African roots -- Embattled modernization and the retrenchment of tradition.

ISBN:

080787115X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807871157 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807833827 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807833827 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)440562990

LCCN:

2009039479

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)