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Author Ickes, Scott.

Title African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil / Scott Ickes.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series New world diasporas
New World diasporas series.
Contents 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 Afoxés -- The project of regional identity formation: culture, politics, and tourism -- Conclusion and epilogue: cultural politics in Bahia.
Summary An examination of why Afro-Bahian people are a marginalized racial group despite the fact that Bahia has a majority black population.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Black people -- Brazil -- Bahia (State) -- History.
Black people.
Brazil -- Bahia (State)
History.
Bahia (Brazil : State) -- Social conditions.
Bahia (Brazil : State) -- Race relations.
Bahia (Brazil : State) -- History.
Social classes -- Brazil -- Bahia (State)
Social classes.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Ickes, Scott. African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil 9780813044781 (DLC) 2013007073 (OCoLC)806013184
ISBN 9780813048383 (electronic book)
0813048389 (electronic book)
9780813046433 (ebook)
0813046432 (ebook)
9780813044781
0813044782