Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s-1990s

ISBN-13: 9780765602268 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 220 str.

Hendrik Kraay

Opis

This collection of articles focuses on the Afro-Brazilian culture of the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil and its linkage to politics during the 19th century up until modern times. Central issues facing Afro-Brazilians are examined, including their relationship with the State.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction, Hendrik Kraay; Chapter 2 The Politics of Race in Independence-Era Bahia, Hendrik Kraay; Chapter 3 “So Much Superstition Among These People!”, Dale T. Graden; Chapter 4 The Expansion of Afro-Bahian Religious Practices in Nineteenth-Century Cachoeira, Fayette Wimberly; Chapter 5 Afro-Brazilians, Land Reform, and the Question of Social Mobility in Southern Bahia, 1880–1920, Mary Ann Mahony; Chapter 6 A Mixed-Race Nation, Jocélio Teles dos Santos; Chapter 7 Between Affliction and Politics, Michel Agier; Chapter 8 Afterword, Kim D. Butler;

O autorze

Kraay, Hendrik