Afro-politics and civil society in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil /

Kwame Dixon breaks new ground in this study by examining how Black politics, both cultural and formal, have been articulated in Brazil and the ways in which the state responds to Afro-Brazilian demands for equality. Using Salvador, Bahia as a case study, Dixon unpacks how Afro-Brazilians there recon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dixon, Kwame (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
Subjects:	Blacks > Brazil > Salvador > Politics and government. Blacks > Brazil > Salvador > History. Movimento Negro Unificado (Brazil) Salvador (Brazil) > Race relations.

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Summary:	Kwame Dixon breaks new ground in this study by examining how Black politics, both cultural and formal, have been articulated in Brazil and the ways in which the state responds to Afro-Brazilian demands for equality. Using Salvador, Bahia as a case study, Dixon unpacks how Afro-Brazilians there reconfigure and challenge notions of citizenship, race, gender, territory, belonging, and national identity.
Physical Description:	xiii, 173 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-164) and index.
ISBN:	9780813062617 0813062616