02372nam 2200625 450 991079804040332120220131192731.00-252-09809-9(CKB)3710000000569774(EBL)4401391(SSID)ssj0001619489(PQKBManifestationID)16349678(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001619489(PQKBWorkID)14803456(PQKB)11397712(MiAaPQ)EBC4401391(StDuBDS)EDZ0001639107(OCoLC)936220070(MdBmJHUP)muse52041(Au-PeEL)EBL4401391(CaPaEBR)ebr11171515(CaONFJC)MIL887990(OCoLC)935128097(EXLCZ)99371000000056977420160322h20162016 uy 0engurunu---uuuuutxtccrAfro-paradise blackness, violence, and performance in Brazil /Christen A. SmithUrbana, [Illinois] ;Chicago, [Illinois] ;Springfield, [Missouri] :University of Illinois Press,2016.©20161 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-08144-7 0-252-03993-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Tourists exult in Bahia, Brazil, as a tropical paradise infused with the black population's one-of-a-kind vitality. But the alluring images of smiling black faces and dancing black bodies masks an ugly reality of anti-black authoritarian violence. This work argues that the dialectic of glorified representations of black bodies and subsequent state repression reinforces Brazil's racially hierarchal society.Black peopleBrazilSalvadorBlack peopleRace identityBrazilSalvadorBlack peopleCrimes againstBrazilSalvadorSalvador (Brazil)Race relationsBlack peopleBlack peopleRace identityBlack peopleCrimes against305.896/08142Smith Christen A.1977-1515878MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798040403321Afro-paradise3751935UNINA