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Uneven Encounters : Making Race and Nation in Brazil and the United States /

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In Uneven Encounters, Micol Seigel chronicles the exchange of popular culture between Brazil and the United States in the years between the World Wars, and demonstrates how that exchange affected ideas of race and nation in both countries. From Americans interpreting advertisements for Brazilian cof...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seigel, Micol (Author)
Other Authors: Joseph, Gilbert M. (Editor), Rosenberg, Emily S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, [2009]
Series:American encounters/global interactions : 39
Subjects:
History.
Histoire.
history (discipline)
HISTORY / Latin America / General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Note on Language
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Producing Consumption: Coffee and Consumer Citizenship
  • 2. Maxixe's Travels: Cultural Exchange and Erasure
  • 3. Playing Politics: Making the Meanings of Jazz in Rio de Janeiro
  • 4. Nation Drag: Uses of the Exotic
  • 5. Another "Global Vision": (Trans)Nationalism in the São Paulo Black Press
  • 6. Black Mothers, Citizen Sons
  • Conclusion
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Discography
  • Bibliography
  • Index