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Deeply rooted in the present : heritage, memory, and identity in the Brazilian quilombos /

Based on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews and historical research, Deeply Rooted in the Present illustrates the processes that contribute to making cultural identity, and the ways in which memories, knowledge and experience are made into heritage. Using a quilombola community (descendants of ensla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kenny, Mary Lorena (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Series:Teaching culture.
Subjects:
Blacks > Brazil > Ethnic identity > Case studies.
Quilombos > Brazil > Case studies.
Group identity > Brazil > Case studies.
Collective memory > Brazil > Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Slavery, Quilombos, and land
  • From enslavement to Quilombolas
  • Quilombola identity
  • Conclusion.