ISBN:
9780822357629
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (473 p)
Series Statement:
Radical Perspectives
Parallel Title:
Print version The Color of Modernity : São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Weinstein, Barbara The color of modernity
DDC:
305.800981/61
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Brasilien
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Rassismus
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Regionalismus
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Geschichte
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São Paulo
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Regionale Identität
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Geschichte 1932-1957
Abstract:
In The Color of Modernity, Barbara Weinstein focuses on race, gender, and regionalism in the formation of national identities in Brazil; this focus allows her to explore how uneven patterns of economic development are consolidated and understood. Organized around two principal episodes-the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution and 1954's IV Centenário, the quadricentennial of São Paulo's founding-this book shows how both elites and popular sectors in São Paulo embraced a regional identity that emphasized their European origins and aptitude for modernity and progress, attributes that became-and rem
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Paulista Modern; Part I: The War of São Paulo; Chapter 2: Constituting Paulista Identity; Chapter 3: The Middle Class in Arms? Fighting for São Paulo; Chapter 4: Marianne into Battle? The Mulher Paulista and the Revolution of 1932; Chapter 5: Provincializing São Paulo: The "Other" Regions Strike Back; Part II: Commemorating São Paulo; Chapter 6: São Paulo Triumphant; Chapter 7: Exhibiting Exceptionalism: History at the IV Centenário; Chapter 8: The White Album: Memory, Identity, and the 1932 Uprising; Epilogue and Conclusion; Notes
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822376156?locatt=mode:legacy
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822376156
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