ISBN:
9781107175761
,
9781316626009
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 327 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
New approaches to the Americas
DDC:
305.800981
Keywords:
Freyre, Gilberto Criticism and interpretation
;
National characteristics, Brazilian
;
Racially mixed people
;
Blacks Race identity
;
Multiculturalism
;
Brazil Race relations
;
Brazil Civilization 20th century
;
Brazil Intellectual life 20th century
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Brasilien
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Rassenmischung
;
Nationalcharakter
;
Gruppenidentität
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mesticagem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mesticagem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become the dominant feature of Brazilian national identity, demonstrating how diverse Brazilians embraced mesticagem, via popular dance and music, film and television, literature, soccer, and protest movements. The Freyrean vision of the unity of Brazilians built on mesticagem begins a gradual decline in the 1980s with the emergence of an identity politics stressing racial differences and multiculturalism"--
Abstract:
"This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mestiçagem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mestiçagem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become the dominant feature of Brazilian national identity, demonstrating how diverse Brazilians embraced mestiçagem, via popular music, film and television, literature, soccer, and protest movements. The Freyrean vision of the unity of Brazilians built on mestiçagem begins a gradual decline in the 1980s with the emergence of an identity politics stressing racial differences and multiculturalism. The book combines intellectual history, sociological and anthropological field work, political science, and cultural studies for a wide-ranging analysis of how Brazilians - across social classes - became Brazilians"--
Abstract:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: creating a people and a nation; 1. From the 'Spectacle of Races' to 'Luso-Tropical Civilization'; 2. The sounds of Mestiçagem: radio, samba, and Carnaval; 3. Visualizing Mestiçagem: film, literature, and the Mulata; 4. 'Globo-lizing' Brazil: televising identity; 5. The beautiful game: performing the Freyrean vision; 6. The sounds of cultural citizenship; 7. Identity, culture, and citizenship; Epilogue: nation and identity in the twentieth century, and the twenty-first
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