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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
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : Brazil's Black Rome and the remaking of Bahian regional identity
  • Salvador, Bahia, 1930-1954
  • The revitalization of African-Bahian culture
  • Performing Bahia: public festivals, samba, and African-Bahian agency
  • Rituals of inclusion: evolving discourses of Bahianness
  • Carnival of the people: Batucadas and Afoxes
  • The project of regional identity formation: culture, politics, and tourism
  • Conclusion and epilogue : cultural politics in Bahia.