The Color of Sound : Race, Religion, and Music in Brazil /

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Throughout Brazil, Afro-Brazilians face widespread racial prejudice. Many turn to religion, with Afro-Brazilians disproportionately represented among Protestants, the fastest-growing religious group in the country. Officially, Brazilian Protestants do not involve themselves in racial politics. Behin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burdick, John, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gospel music.
Evangelicalism.
Black people > Religion.
Black people.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
MUSIC > Religious > Gospel.
Évangelisme > Bresil.
Gospel > Bresil > Histoire et critique.
Evangelicalism > Brazil.
Black people > Brazil > Religion.
Black people > Brazil > Music.
Gospel music > Brazil > History and criticism.
Brazil.
Music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Throughout Brazil, Afro-Brazilians face widespread racial prejudice. Many turn to religion, with Afro-Brazilians disproportionately represented among Protestants, the fastest-growing religious group in the country. Officially, Brazilian Protestants do not involve themselves in racial politics. Behind the scenes, however, the community is deeply involved in the formation of different kinds of blackness-and its engagement in racial politics is rooted in the major new cultural movement of black music. In this highly original account, anthropologist John Burdick explores the complex ideas about.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780814723135

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