ISBN:
9781316800058
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xvii, 327 pages)
Series Statement:
New approaches to the Americas
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Erscheint auch als
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.800981
Keywords:
Freyre, Gilberto / 1900-1987 / Criticism and interpretation
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Freyre, Gilberto
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Geschichte 1900-2000
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Geschichte 1900-2000
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National characteristics, Brazilian
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Racially mixed people / Brazil
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Blacks / Race identity / Brazil
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Multiculturalism / Brazil
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Rassenmischung
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Nationalcharakter
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
;
Gruppenidentität
;
Brasilien
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Brazil / Race relations
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Brazil / Civilization / 20th century
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Brazil / Intellectual life / 20th century
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Brasilien
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Freyre, Gilberto 1900-1987
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Brasilien
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Rassenmischung
;
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
;
Nationalcharakter
;
Gruppenidentität
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
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
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DOI:
10.1017/9781316800058
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