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

Author/creator Ickes, Scott
Format Electronic
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida,
Descriptionxi, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesNew world diasporas
New World diasporas series. ^A537036
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.
Abstract An examination of why Afro-Bahian people are a marginalized racial group despite the fact that Bahia has a majority black population.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-308) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013007073
ISBN9780813044781 (alk. paper)

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