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 Candomblé dur...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013] |
| Series: | New World diasporas series.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |
| Summary: | 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 Candomblé during carnival and other popular religious festivals had been repressed in favor of more European traditions. 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 Candomblé during carnival and other popular religious festivals had been repressed in favor of more European traditions. |
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| Item Description: | Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813048383 0813048389 9780813046433 0813046432 |