African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil [electronic resource] / Scott Ickes
- Author:
- Ickes, Scott
- Published:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Access Online:
- serialssolutions.com
- Series:
- New world diasporas
- Restrictions on Access:
- License restrictions may limit access.
- 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.
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- ISBN:
- 9780813044781 (alk. paper)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-308) and index.
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