African roots, Brazilian rites

Description:

Questions of Africanness and blackness rim the Afro-Brazilian sphere of interaction. What is Africa? How is it constructed by Afro-Brazilians? What do these constructions accomplish? How are they reflected in the national character? And how do these constructs lend themselves to ideations of blackness? In fact, what exactly is blackness, given that Brazil is a hybrid nation in both its ethnic composition and cultural modalities? This book examines the field cultural and racial representation by Afro-Brazilians in Candombľ culture, public rituals, carnival, plays, poetry and hip-hop videography, to reposition Afro-Brazilians in the framework of Brazil's social and political processes.

subjects: Race relations,  Group identity,  Blacks,  Race identity,  Blacks, brazil,  Blacks, race identity,  Brazil, race relations,  Black people,  Black & Asian studies,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Black Studies (Global),  Ethnic Studies,  African American Studies,  Society

Places: Brazil