Behind Brazilian "racial democracy" racism, culture and black identity in Brazil
Date
1994-02-12T08:58:09Z
Authors
Agier, Michel
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Abstract
In this paper, we tried to understand the recent transformations of racial and
cultural fields in Brazil, specially in Bahia, the most black city in Brazil.
Firstly, the historical formation of racism is examined, through relations and
values issued from slavery, scientist theories, whitening policy and the myth of
racial democracy. Then, the usages of cultural african heritage are discussed to
understand the current formation of new identity models among Afro-Brazilian
people.
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Paper :
Democracy: Popular Precedents, Popular Practice
and Popular Culture.
Johannesburg, 1994 : History Workshop / University of the Witwatersrand
Keywords
Brazil, Racism, Bahia, African heritage, Afro-Brazilians