This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mestiçagem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mestiçagem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become t
Becoming Brazilians: Race And National Identity In Twentieth-Century Brazil
✍ Scribed by Marshall C. Eakin
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 346
- Series
- New Approaches To The Americas
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mestiçagem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mestiçagem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become the dominant feature of Brazilian national identity, demonstrating how diverse Brazilians embraced mestiçagem, via popular music, film and television, literature, soccer, and protest movements. The Freyrean vision of the unity of Brazilians built on mestiçagem begins a gradual decline in the 1980s with the emergence of an identity politics stressing racial differences and multiculturalism. The book combines intellectual history, sociological and anthropological field work, political science, and cultural studies for a wide-ranging analysis of how Brazilians - across social classes - became Brazilians.
✦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Title - Series......Page 4
Title - Complete......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Contents......Page 10
Figures......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Maps......Page 19
Introduction - Creating a People and a Nation......Page 20
1 - From the “Spectacle of Races” to “Luso-Tropical Civilization”......Page 62
2 - Communicating and Understanding Mestiçagem......Page 98
3 - Visualizing Mestiçagem......Page 126
4 - “Globo-lizing” Brazil......Page 155
5 - The Beautiful Game......Page 184
6 - The Sounds of Cultural Citizenship......Page 219
7 - Culture, Identity, and Citizenship......Page 239
Epilogue - Nation and Identity in the Twentieth and the Twenty-First Centuries......Page 270
Bibliography......Page 304
Index......Page 334
✦ Subjects
Freyre, Gilberto: 1900-1987: Criticism And Interpretation; Freyre, Gilberto: 1900-1987; National Characteristics, Brazilian; Racially Mixed People: Brazil; Blacks: Race Identity: Brazil; Political Ideologies: Nationalism
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