African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia, Brazil |
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| Author:
| Ickes, Scott |
| Series title: | New World Diasporas Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-4478-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $74.95 |
Book Description:
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Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia, is often referred to as "Brazil's Black Rome" because of its culturally complex, vibrant and historically rich African-descended population. Yet even though the state has a majority black population, African-Bahians remain a marginalised racial group within the state as a whole. In African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia, Brazil, Scott Ickes examines how in the middle of the twentieth century, Bahian elites began to...
More DescriptionSalvador, the capital of the state of Bahia, is often referred to as "Brazil's Black Rome" because of its culturally complex, vibrant and historically rich African-descended population. Yet even though the state has a majority black population, African-Bahians remain a marginalised racial group within the state as a whole. In African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia, Brazil, Scott Ickes examines how in the middle of the twentieth century, Bahian elites began to recognise African-Bahian cultural practices as essential components of Bahian regional identity.