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African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil /

This book examines how in the middle of the twentieth century, Bahian elites began to recognize African-Bahian cultural practices as essential components of Bahian regional identity. Previously, public performances of traditionally African-Bahian practices such as capoeira, samba, and Candomblé dur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ickes, Scott
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Colección:New World diasporas series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.