African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil [electronic resource] / Scott Ickes.

By: Ickes, ScottContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: New World diasporas seriesPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013Description: xi, 322 p. : ill., mapISBN: 9780813048383 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Blacks -- Brazil -- Bahia (State) -- History | Social classes -- Brazil -- Bahia (State) | Bahia (Brazil : State) -- Social conditions | Bahia (Brazil : State) -- Race relations | Bahia (Brazil : State) -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.800981/42 LOC classification: F2551 | .I25 2013Online resources: Click to View
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 Afoxes -- 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Afoxes -- The project of regional identity formation: culture, politics, and tourism -- Conclusion and epilogue: cultural politics in Bahia.

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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