Religion and the Politics of Ethnic Identity in Bahia, Brazil
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- ISBN 9780813031712
- Weight: 413g
- Dimensions: 161 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 02 Dec 2007
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Stephen Selka is assistant professor of anthropology at Tulane University.
