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369 p., Provides a history of Brazilian racial inequality from the abolition of slavery in 1888 up to the late 1980s, showing how economic, social and political changes in Brazil during the last 100 years have shaped race relations. By examining government policies, data on employment, mainstream and Afro-Brazilian newspapers, and a variety of other sources, Andrews traces pervasive discrimination against Afro-Brazilians over time. He draws his evidence from the country's most economically important state, Sao Paolo, showing how race relations were affected by its transformation from a plantation-based economy to South America's most urban, industrialized society.
Feira de Santana, Bahia: Eduefs -Editora da Universdade Estadual de Feira de Santana
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139 p, Professor Adjunto da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, com doutorado e pós doutorado em estudos culturais, o australiano radicado na Bahia Piers Armstrong dedica-se a uma vertente culturalista que procura compreender de maneira singular as manifestações populares do estado da Bahia. Neste livro ele discute a obra de Jorge Amado, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto GIl e Carlinhos Brown, alé, de analisar vestuário, gíria, arte, costumes, publicidade e discurso político da cultura bahiana, principalmente a popular, imbricada com a questão da negritude.
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396 p, Contents: Foreigners : Sao Paulo, 1900-1925 -- Fraternity : Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, 1925-1929 -- Nationals : Salvador da Bahia and São Paulo, 1930-1945 -- Democracy : São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, 1945-1950 -- Difference : São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Salvador da Bahia, 1950-1964 -- Decolonization : Rio de Janeiro, Salvador da Bahia, and São Paulo, 1964-1985 -- Epilogue : Brazil, 1985 to the new century.