Description: In the early twentieth century, Brazil shifted from a nation intent on whitening its population to one billing itself as a racial democracy. Anadelia Romo shows that this shift centered in Salvador, Bahia, where throughout the 1950s, modernist artists and intellectuals forged critical alliances with Afro-Brazilian religious communities of Candomble to promote their culture and their city. These efforts combined with a growing promotion of tourism to transform what had been one of the busiest slaving depots in the Americas into a popular tourist enclave celebrated for its rich Afro-Brazilian culture. Vibrant illustrations and texts by the likes of Jorge Amado, Pierre Verger, and others contributed to a distinctive iconography of the city, with Afro-Bahians at its center. But these optimistic visions of inclusion, Romo reveals, concealed deep racial inequalities. Illustrating how these visual archetypes laid the foundation for Salvador's modern racial landscape, this book unveils the ways ethnic and racial populations have been both included and excluded not only in Brazil but in Latin America as a whole.
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EAN: 9781477324196
UPC: 9781477324196
ISBN: 9781477324196
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Book Title: Selling Black Brazil: Race, Nation, and Visual Cul
Item Length: 23.1 cm
Item Weight: 0.68 kg
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2022
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Name: Selling Black Brazil: Race, Nation, and Visual Culture in Salvador, Bahia
Language: English
Type: Textbook
Author: Anadelia A. Romo
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
