Ilê Aiyê in Brazil and the reinvention of Africa /

Ilê Aiyê redefines itself within shifting political realities of the Brazilian mythic racial paradise. The globalization agenda of the tourism industry places its Africanized strategies in dialectical tension with State's funding. the discussion of 'race' is inevitable as Ilê Aiyê...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Afolabi, Niyi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Colección:African histories and modernities.
Temas:
Ilê Aiyê (Organization)
Carnival > Brazil.
Black people > Brazil.
Carnavals > Brésil.
Personnes noires > Brésil.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Black people
Carnival
Civilization > African influences
Race relations
Brazil > Race relations.
Brazil > Civilization > African influences.
Brazil
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Carnival in Africa and its diaspora
  • Emergence of an Afro-carnival agency
  • Mãe Hilda: matriarchy, Candomblé, and Ilê Aiyê
  • Aesthetics of Ilê Aiyê's African(ized) carnival costumes
  • Masquerades of Afro-femininity, beauty, and politics
  • Vovô: the man, his vision, his legacy
  • Politics of Afro-carnival music
  • (Un)masking the Afro-carnival organization.

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