African Roots, Brazilian Rites
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African Roots, Brazilian Rites

Cultural and National Identity in Brazil

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African Roots, Brazilian Rites

Cultural and National Identity in Brazil

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This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomblé and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2012
ISBN
9781137010001
Topic
Politica e relazioni internazionali
Subtopic
Politica africana

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction: What Roots?Which Routes?
  5. Chapter 1 Where Is Africa in the Nation?History as Transformative Praxis
  6. Chapter 2 Ritual Encounters andPerformative Moments
  7. Chapter 3 From Candomblé to Carnaval:Secularizing Africa andVisualizing Blackness
  8. Chapter 4 Aesthetically Black: The Articulationof Blackness in the Black ArtsMovement and Quilombhoje
  9. Chapter 5 Performing Bodies PerformingBlackness Performing Self: The Questfor a Transformative Poiesis
  10. Chapter 6 Centering Blackness: Hip-Hopand the Outing of Marginality
  11. Conclusion: Uma Luta que Nos Transcende
  12. Notes
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index