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Mapping Diaspora: African American Roots Tourism in Brazil
Brazil, like some countries in Africa, has become a major destination for African American tourists seeking the cultural roots of the black Atlantic diaspora. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic research as well as textual, visual, and archival sources, Patricia de Santana Pinho investigates Af... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Precarious Democracy: Ethnographies of Hope, Despair, and Resistance in Brazil
by Sean T. Mitchell • John Collins • David Rojas • Rosana Pinheiro-Machado • Patrick McCormick • Lila Moritz Schwarcz • Benjamin Junge • Jessica Jerome • Isabela Kalil • Lucia Mury Scalco • Patricia De Pinho • Karina Biondi • Lucia Cantero • Andrezza Alves Olival • Alexandre De Olival • Falina Enriquez • Moisés Kopper • Sarah LeBaron Baeyer • LaShandra Sullivan • Carlos Eduardo Henning • Alvaro Jarrin • Melanie A. Medeiros • Erika Schmitt • James KaleBrazil changed drastically in the 21st century’s second decade. In 2010, the country’s outgoing president Lula left office with almost 90% approval. As the presidency passed to his Workers' Party successor, Dilma Rousseff, many across the world hailed Brazil as a model of progressive governance in t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Mama Africa: Reinventing Blackness in Bahia
Often called the "most African" part of Brazil, the northeastern state of Bahia has the country's largest Afro-descendant population and a black culture renowned for its vibrancy. In Mama Africa, Patricia de Santana Pinho examines the meanings of Africa in Bahian constructions of blackness. Combin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010