Religion and the Politics of Ethnic Identity in Bahia, Brazil
Selka, Stephen
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Brazilians of African descent draw upon both Christian and African diasporic religions to construct their racial identities in a variety of intriguing ways. Focusing on the Reconcavo region of northeastern Brazil--known for its rich Afro-Brazilian traditions and as a center of racial consciousness in the country--Stephen Selka provides a nuanced and sophisticated ethnography that examines what it means to be black in Brazil.
Selka examines how Evangelical Protestantism, Candomblé (traditional Afro-Brazilian religion), and Catholicism--especially progressive Catholicism--are deployed in discursive struggles concerning racism and identity. In the process, he provides a model of wedding abstract theory with concrete details of everyday life.
Revealing the complexity and sometimes contradictory aspects of Afro-Brazilian religious practices and racial identity, Selka brings a balanced perspective to polarized discussions of Brazilian racial politics.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0813031710
ISBN(13-digit): 9780813031712
Dewey Decimal: 305.800981/42
Library of Congress: 2007027405
Book Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 175
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