Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia,

This collection of articles has as its focus the Afro-Brazilian culture of the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil and its linkage to politics during the 19th century and up to today. A group of interdisciplinary and international scholars bring historical and contemporary perspectives to central issues facing Afro-Brazilians: their relationship to the state and the place of Afro-Brazilian culture in the larger Brazilian society. Topics addressed include the relationship between free and freed 19th century Afro-Brazilians and the state, the black militia, the candomble religion, land reform, and contemporary cultural movements.

List of Tables and Figures

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Abbreviations Used in the Notes

ix

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Foreword

xi

(2)

Robert M. Levine

Preface

xiii

1. Introduction: Afro-Bahia, 1790s-1990s

3

(27)

Hendrik Kraay

2. The Politics of Race in Independence-Era Bahia: The Black Militia Officers of Salvador, 1790-1840

30

(27)

Hendrik Kraay

3. "So Much Superstition Among These People!": Candomble and the Dilemmas of Afro-Bahian Intellectuals, 1864-1871

57

(17)

Dale T. Graden

4. The Expansion of Afro-Bahian Religious Practices in Nineteenth-Century Cachoeira

74

(16)

Fayette Wimberly

5. Afro-Brazilians, Land Reform, and the Question of Social Mobility in Southern Bahia, 1880-1920

90

(27)

Mary Ann Mahony

6. A Mixed-Race Nation: Afro-Brazilians and Cultural Policy in Bahia, 1970-1990

117

(17)

Jocelio Teles dos Santos

7. Between Affliction and Politics: A Case Study of Bahian Candomble

134

(24)

Michel Agier

8. Afterword: Ginga Baiana--The Politics of Race, Class, Culture, and Power in Salvador, Bahia

158

(19)

Kim D. Butler

Glossary

177

(4)

Bibliography

181

(18)

About the Editor and Contributors

199

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Index

201

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