African Roots, Brazilian Rites [electronic resource] : Cultural and National Identity in Brazil /
Sterling, C.author.
This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomblé and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What Roots? Which Routes?; Chapter 1 Where Is Africa in the Nation? History as Transformative Praxis; Chapter 2 Ritual Encounters and Performative Moments; Chapter 3 From Candomblé to Carnaval: Secularizing Africa and Visualizing Blackness; Chapter 4 Aesthetically Black: The Articulation of Blackness in the Black Arts Movement and Quilombhoje; Chapter 5 Performing Bodies Performing Blackness Performing Self: The Quest for a Transformative Poiesis; Chapter 6 Centering Blackness: Hip-Hop and the Outing of Marginality
Conclusion Uma Luta que Nos TranscendeNotes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references.
This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomblé and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop.
Africa—Politics and government.
Latin America—Politics and government.
Ethnology—Latin America.
Ethnicity.
Arts.
Performing arts.
African Politics.
Latin American Politics.
Latin American Culture.
Ethnicity Studies.
Arts.
Performing Arts.