220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
by
Routledge
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The essays in this book constitute an analytic survey of the last two centuries of Afro-Bahian history, with a focus squarely on the difficult relationship between Afro- and Euro-Bahia and on the continual Afro-Bahian struggle to create a meaningful culture in an environment either hostile or suffocating in its ability to absorb elements of Afro-Bahian culture.
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;
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Kraay, Hendrik
