Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s-1990s: Bahia, 1790s-1990s

by Kraay,Hendrik

• ISBN13: 9780765602251
• ISBN10: 0765602253
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This collection of articles has as its focus the Afro-Brazilian culture of the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil and its linkage to politics during the 19th century and up to today. A group of interdisciplinary and international scholars bring historical and contemporary perspectives to central issues facing Afro-Brazilians: their relationship to the state and the place of Afro-Brazilian culture in the larger Brazilian society. Topics addressed include the relationship between free and freed 19th century Afro-Brazilians and the state, the black militia, the candomble religion, land reform, and contemporary cultural movements.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vii	(2)
Abbreviations Used in the Notes	ix	(2)
Foreword	xi	(2)
Robert M. Levine
Preface	xiii
1. Introduction: Afro-Bahia, 1790s-1990s	3	(27)
Hendrik Kraay
2. The Politics of Race in Independence-Era Bahia: The Black Militia Officers of Salvador, 1790-1840	30	(27)
Hendrik Kraay
3. "So Much Superstition Among These People!": Candomble and the Dilemmas of Afro-Bahian Intellectuals, 1864-1871	57	(17)
Dale T. Graden
4. The Expansion of Afro-Bahian Religious Practices in Nineteenth-Century Cachoeira	74	(16)
Fayette Wimberly
5. Afro-Brazilians, Land Reform, and the Question of Social Mobility in Southern Bahia, 1880-1920	90	(27)
Mary Ann Mahony
6. A Mixed-Race Nation: Afro-Brazilians and Cultural Policy in Bahia, 1970-1990	117	(17)
Jocelio Teles dos Santos
7. Between Affliction and Politics: A Case Study of Bahian Candomble	134	(24)
Michel Agier
8. Afterword: Ginga Baiana--The Politics of Race, Class, Culture, and Power in Salvador, Bahia	158	(19)
Kim D. Butler
Glossary	177	(4)
Bibliography	181	(18)
About the Editor and Contributors	199	(2)
Index	201