African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil /

African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ickes, Scott.
Imprint:	Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2013.
Description:	xi, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New world diasporas New World diasporas series.
Subject:	Blacks -- Brazil -- Bahia (State) -- History. Social classes -- Brazil -- Bahia (State) Blacks. Race relations. Social classes. Social conditions Bahia (Brazil : State) -- Social conditions. Bahia (Brazil : State) -- Race relations. Bahia (Brazil : State) -- History. Brazil -- Bahia (State) History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9346052

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ISBN:	9780813044781 (alk. paper) 0813044782 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	An examination of why Afro-Bahian people are a marginalized racial group despite the fact that Bahia has a majority black population.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Brazil's Black Rome and the Remaking of Bahian Regional Identity
1. Salvador, Bahia, 1930-1954
2. The Revitalization of African-Bahian Culture
3. Performing Bahia: Public Festivals, Samba, and African-Bahian Agency
4. Rituals of Inclusion: Evolving Discourses of Bahianness
5. Carnival of the People: Batucadas and Afoxés
6. The Project of Regional Identity Formation: Culture, Politics, and Tourism
Conclusion and Epilogue: Cultural Politics in Bahia
Appendix
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index