African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia, Brazil /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ickes, Scott
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions
Social classes.
Race relations.
Black people.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Classes sociales > Bresil > Bahia (État)
Social classes > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Black people > Brazil > Bahia (State) > History.
Brazil > Bahia (State)
Bahia (Bresil : État) > Relations raciales.
Bahia (Bresil : État) > Conditions sociales.
Bahia (Brazil : State) > History.
Bahia (Brazil : State) > Race relations.
Bahia (Brazil : State) > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780813048383

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