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Ilê Aiyê in Brazil and the reinvention of Africa /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Afolabi, Niyi (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:African histories and modernities.
Subjects:
Ilê Aiyê (Organization)
Carnival > Brazil.
Blacks > Brazil.
Brazil > Race relations.
Brazil > Civilization > African influences.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Carnival in Africa and its diaspora
  • Emergence of an Afro-carnival agency
  • Mãe Hilda: matriarchy, Candomblé, and Ilê Aiyê
  • Aesthetics of Ilê Aiyê's African(ized) carnival costumes
  • Masquerades of Afro-femininity, beauty, and politics
  • Vovô: the man, his vision, his legacy
  • Politics of Afro-carnival music
  • (Un)masking the Afro-carnival organization.