| Becoming Brazilians: Race and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil Contributor(s): Eakin, Marshall C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107175763 ISBN-13: 9781107175761 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $116.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - South America - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2017024671 |
| Series: New Approaches to the Americas |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.42" W x 9.43" (1.34 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mesti agem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mesti agem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become the dominant feature of Brazilian national identity, demonstrating how diverse Brazilians embraced mesti agem, via popular music, film and television, literature, soccer, and protest movements. The Freyrean vision of the unity of Brazilians built on mesti agem begins a gradual decline in the 1980s with the emergence of an identity politics stressing racial differences and multiculturalism. The book combines intellectual history, sociological and anthropological field work, political science, and cultural studies for a wide-ranging analysis of how Brazilians - across social classes - became Brazilians. |
Contributor Bio(s): Eakin, Marshall C.: - Marshall C. Eakin is Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. A specialist in modern Brazilian history, he is the author of four books including The History of Latin America: Collision of Cultures (2007). He co-edited Envisioning Brazil: A Guide to Brazilian Studies in the United States (2005), with Paulo Roberto de Almeida. |