African Roots, Brazilian Rites: Cultural and National Identity in Brazil

by C. Sterling

Overview

This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomblé and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349436224
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	09/06/2012
Edition description:	1st ed. 2012
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

CHERYL STERLING teaches African and African Diaspora studies in the Liberal Studies Program at New York University, USA. She is a Fulbright Scholar and is also the co-founder and editor of the on-line arts journal, AfroBeat Journal.

Table of Contents

What Roots? Which Routes? Where is Africa in the Nation? History as Transformative Praxis Ritual Encounters and Performative Moments From Candomblé to Carnaval: The Transformation of Ritual into Public Performance and Discourse Aesthetically Black: The Articulation of Blackness in the Black Arts Movement and Quilombhoje Performing Bodies Performing Blackness Performing Self: The Quest for a Transformative Poiesis Centering Blackness: Hip Hop and the Outing of Marginality Uma Luta que Nos Transcende