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African Roots, Brazilian Rites: Cultural and National Identity in Brazil

✍ Scribed by Cheryl Sterling (auth.)

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2012
Tongue
English
Leaves
264
Category
Library
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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction: What Roots? Which Routes?....Pages 1-13
Where Is Africa in the Nation? History as Transformative Praxis....Pages 15-50
Ritual Encounters and Performative Moments....Pages 51-86
From Candomblé to Carnaval: Secularizing Africa and Visualizing Blackness....Pages 87-108
Aesthetically Black: The Articulation of Blackness in the Black Arts Movement and Quilombhoje....Pages 109-144
Performing Bodies Performing Blackness Performing Self: The Quest for a Transformative Poiesis....Pages 145-172
Centering Blackness: Hip-Hop and the Outing of Marginality....Pages 173-203
Conclusion: Uma Luta que Nos Transcende....Pages 205-211
Back Matter....Pages 213-260

✦ Subjects

African Politics; Latin American Politics; Latin American Culture; Ethnicity Studies; Arts; Performing Arts

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