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 duri...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
2013
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| Series: | New World diasporas series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813048383 0813048389 9780813046433 0813046432 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
