Brazil's Living Museum : Race, Reform, and Tradition in Bahia /

Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia has built its economy around attracting international tourists to what is billed as the locus of Afro-Brazilian culture and the epicenter of Brazilian racial harmony. Yet this inclusive ideal has a complicated past. Chronicling the discourse among intellectu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: A. Romo, Anadelia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
Edition:1st edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
Politics and culture.
Civilization > African influences.
Black people > Race identity.
Black people > Government relations.
Politique et culture > Bresil > Bahia (État) > Histoire.
Noirs > Bresil > Bahia (État) > Relations avec l'État.
Politics and culture > Brazil > Bahia (State) > History.
Black people > Race identity > Brazil > Bahia (State) > History.
Black people > Brazil > Bahia (State) > Government relations.
Brazil > Bahia (State)
Bahia (Bresil : État) > Relations raciales.
Bahia (Brazil : State) > Civilization > African influences.
Bahia (Brazil : State) > Race relations.
Bahia (Brazil : State) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia has built its economy around attracting international tourists to what is billed as the locus of Afro-Brazilian culture and the epicenter of Brazilian racial harmony. Yet this inclusive ideal has a complicated past. Chronicling the discourse among intellectuals and state officials during the period from the abolition of slavery in 1888 to the start of Brazil's military regime in 1964, Anadelia Romo uncovers how the state's nonwhite majority moved from being a source of embarrassment to being a critical component of Bahia's identity. Romo examines id.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781469604084

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