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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452918403321

Autore

Ickes Scott

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013

ISBN

0-8130-4643-2

0-8130-4838-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

New World diasporas series

Disciplina

305.800981/42

Soggetti

Black people - Brazil - Bahia (State) - History

Social classes - Brazil - Bahia (State)

Electronic books.

Bahia (Brazil : State) Social conditions

Bahia (Brazil : State) Race relations

Bahia (Brazil : State) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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