ISBN:
9781469645315
,
9781469645322
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 253 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
305.896/081
Keywords:
African diaspora
;
Blacks
;
Tourism
;
African Americans
;
Brasilien
;
Amerika
;
Schwarze
;
Tourismus
;
Ethnische Identität
Abstract:
"Brazil, like several countries in Africa, has become a major destination for African American tourists seeking the cultural roots of the black Atlantic diaspora. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic research as well as textual, visual, and archival sources, Patricia de Santana Pinho investigates African American roots tourism, a complex, poignant kind of travel that provides profound personal and collective meaning for those searching for black identity and heritage. It also provides, as Pinho's interviews with Brazilian tour guides, state officials, and Afro-Brazilian activists reveal, economic and political rewards that support a structured industry"--
Abstract:
That's my face: African American reflections on Brazil -- The way we were: Brazil in the African American roots tourist gaze -- Black gringos in Brazil?: encounters in sameness, difference, solidarity, and inequality -- We bring home the roots: African American women touring the diaspora and bearing the nation -- The awakening giant: the state's belated acknowledgment of roots tourism
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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