02539oam 22005054a 450 991015624490332120220204203319.00-8130-5598-9(CKB)3710000000881989(StDuBDS)EDZ0001529455(MiAaPQ)EBC4773130(OCoLC)960029463(MdBmJHUP)muse53583(MiAaPQ)EBC7026950(Au-PeEL)EBL7026950(EXLCZ)99371000000088198920151005d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierAfro-Politics and Civil Society in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil[electronic resource] /Kwame DixonGainesville, Florida :University Press of Florida,2016.©20161 online resource illustrationsPreviously issued in print: 2016.0-8130-6261-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.The political and social landscape of Salvador da Bahia -- Slavery in Salvador -- The contradictions of cultural politics in Salvador da Bahia: 1970s to the present -- The emergence of the Movimento Negro Unificado: the rise of a new racial politics -- Affirmative action and education in Brazil -- Black education, affirmative action, and citizenship in Salvador da Bahia: the Steve Biko Cultural Institute and the Pre-vestibular Para Negros e Carentes movement -- Black electoral politics in Salvador from the 1970s to the 2000s.Kwame Dixon breaks new ground in this study by examining how Black politics, both cultural and formal, have been articulated in Brazil and the ways in which the state responds to Afro-Brazilian demands for equality. Using Salvador, Bahia as a case study, Dixon unpacks how Afro-Brazilians there reconfigure and challenge notions of citizenship, race, gender, territory, belonging, and national identity.Black peopleBrazilSalvadorHistoryBlack peopleBrazilSalvadorPolitics and governmentSalvador (Brazil)Race relationsBlack peopleHistory.Black peoplePolitics and government.305.80098142Dixon Kwame952021MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910156244903321Afro-Politics and Civil Society in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil2593270UNINA