Religion and the politics of ethnic identity in Bahia, Brazil /
Selka, Stephen.
Religion and the politics of ethnic identity in Bahia, Brazil / Stephen Selka. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2007. - 1 online resource (x, 175 pages) : illustrations - New World diasporas . - New World diasporas series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-168) and index.
Religion and Race in Brazil -- Catholicism and Afro-Brazilian Identity -- Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Culture, and Anti-Racism -- Alternative Identities, Emergent Politics --The Politics of Afro-Brazilian Identity.
Brazilians of African descent draw upon both Christian and African diasporic religions to construct their racial identities in a variety of intriguing ways. Focusing on the Reconcavo region of northeastern Brazil - known for its rich Afro-Brazilian traditions and as a center of racial consciousness in the country - Stephen Selka provides a nuanced and sophisticated ethnography that examines what it means to be black in Brazil. Selka examines how Evangelical Protestantism, Candomble (traditional Afro-Brazilian religion), and Catholicism - especially progressive Catholicism - are deployed in discursive struggles concerning racism and identity. In the process, he provides a model of wedding abstract theory with concrete details of everyday life. Revealing the complexity and sometimes contradictory aspects of Afro-Brazilian religious practices and racial identity, Selka brings a balanced perspective to polarized discussions of Brazilian racial politics.
9780813039923 0813039924
Religion and politics--Brazil--Salvador.
Ethnicity--Brazil--Salvador.
Ethnicity--Religious aspects.
Religion et politique--Brésil--Salvador.
Ethnicité--Brésil--Salvador.
Ethnicité--Aspect religieux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Ethnicity
Ethnicity--Religious aspects
Religion
Religion and politics
Ethnische Identität
Religion
Religion.
Politik.
Ethnizität.
Brazil--Religion.
Salvador (Brazil)--Religion.
Brazil
Brazil--Salvador
Bahia
Schwärze
Bahia (Staat)
Schwarze.
BL2590.B7 / S45 2007eb
305.800981/42
Religion and the politics of ethnic identity in Bahia, Brazil / Stephen Selka. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2007. - 1 online resource (x, 175 pages) : illustrations - New World diasporas . - New World diasporas series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-168) and index.
Religion and Race in Brazil -- Catholicism and Afro-Brazilian Identity -- Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Culture, and Anti-Racism -- Alternative Identities, Emergent Politics --The Politics of Afro-Brazilian Identity.
Brazilians of African descent draw upon both Christian and African diasporic religions to construct their racial identities in a variety of intriguing ways. Focusing on the Reconcavo region of northeastern Brazil - known for its rich Afro-Brazilian traditions and as a center of racial consciousness in the country - Stephen Selka provides a nuanced and sophisticated ethnography that examines what it means to be black in Brazil. Selka examines how Evangelical Protestantism, Candomble (traditional Afro-Brazilian religion), and Catholicism - especially progressive Catholicism - are deployed in discursive struggles concerning racism and identity. In the process, he provides a model of wedding abstract theory with concrete details of everyday life. Revealing the complexity and sometimes contradictory aspects of Afro-Brazilian religious practices and racial identity, Selka brings a balanced perspective to polarized discussions of Brazilian racial politics.
9780813039923 0813039924
Religion and politics--Brazil--Salvador.
Ethnicity--Brazil--Salvador.
Ethnicity--Religious aspects.
Religion et politique--Brésil--Salvador.
Ethnicité--Brésil--Salvador.
Ethnicité--Aspect religieux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Ethnicity
Ethnicity--Religious aspects
Religion
Religion and politics
Ethnische Identität
Religion
Religion.
Politik.
Ethnizität.
Brazil--Religion.
Salvador (Brazil)--Religion.
Brazil
Brazil--Salvador
Bahia
Schwärze
Bahia (Staat)
Schwarze.
BL2590.B7 / S45 2007eb
305.800981/42