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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 Candomble duri...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ickes, Scott
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 Candomble during carnival and other popular religious festivals had been repressed in favor of more European traditions.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780813048383