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
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Between Africa and Athens : Bahia's search for identity
  • Finding a cure for Bahia
  • Contests of culture
  • Preserving the past
  • Debating African roots
  • Embattled modernization and the retrenchment of tradition.

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