Format: Book, Whole / Subject Term: Brazil and Social life and customs

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Mariano,Agnes (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Language:: Portuguese
Publication Date:: 2009
Published:: São Paulo, SP, Brasil: Annablume
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: 310 p., "The idea baianidade is very much a model, a source of inspiration, the translation of concrete reality. All cultural identities are just that: ideas. ...They unite people, facilitate dialogue, summarize important, beautiful values. As can also serve to alienate us from other people, to justify to ourselves, our faults and mistakes." --The Author, "Agnes Mariano e a "Invenção da Baianidade" (www.passieweb.com).

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Leite, Fábio Rubens da Rocha (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Language:: Portuguese
Publication Date:: 2008
Published:: São Paulo, Brazil: Palas Athena
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: 385 p., The study is not a work about religion but rather of black African identity. Leaning on three black African societies (Yoruba of Benin and Nigeria, Agni-Akan and Senufo Ivory Coast), the author investigates the notion of person. Faced with the question of death, passing moment of earthly existence of man to his condition.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Santos,Ronaldo Martins dos (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Language:: Portuguese
Publication Date:: 2008
Published:: Salvador, BA: EDUNEB
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: 193 p.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Moraes,Luzia (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Language:: Portuguese
Publication Date:: 2009
Published:: Bahia, Salvador Brazil: L. Moraes
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: 177 p.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Fazzito,Cristina María (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Language:: Spanish
Publication Date:: 2008
Published:: Buenos Aires: Dunken
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: 142 p.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Lopes,Nei (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Language:: Portuguese
Publication Date:: 2006
Published:: São Paulo, SP: Selo Negro Edições
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: 174 p.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Sansi,Roger (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Publication Date:: 2010
Published:: New York: Berghahn
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: 213 p., One hundred years ago in Brazil the rituals of Candomble were feared as sorcery and persecuted as crime. Its religious objects were fearsome fetishes. Nowadays, they are Afro-Brazilian cultural works of art, objects of museum display and public monuments

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Nascimento,Elisa Larkin (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Language:: Portuguese
Publication Date:: 2008
Published:: São Paulo, SP: Selo Negro
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: Prev. ed. published: Rio de Janeiro: EdUERJ, 1996, 268 p., Contents: 1. A matriz africana no mundo -- 2. Cultura em movimento : matrizes africanas e ativismo negro no Brasil -- 3. Guerreiras de natureza : mulher negra, religiosidade e ambiente -- 4. Afrocentricidade : uma abordagem epistemológica inovadora.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Rassi,Sarah Taleb (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Language:: Portuguese
Publication Date:: 2008
Published:: Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil: CEAB, Centro Afro-Brasileiro de Estudios e Extensão : PROEX, Pró-Reitoria de Extensão e Apoio Estudantil : Editora da UCG
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: 160 p., A historical study concerning the socio-cultural role of Afro-Brazilians. Includes excerpts of poetry and prose.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Kabengele,Munanga (Author) and Gomes,Nilma Lino (Author)
Format:: Book, Whole
Language:: Potuguese
Publication Date:: 2006
Published:: São Paulo: Global Editora Ação Educativa
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:: 224 p, Contents: Homens e mulheres negros: notas de vida e de sucesso. Abdias do Nascimento. Adhemar Ferreira da Silva. Alzira Rufino. André Rebouças. Benedita da Silva. Carolina de Jesus. Cartola. Castro Alves. Chica da Silva. Clementina de Jesus. Domingas Maria do Nascimento. Dom Silvério Gomes Pimenta. Elisa Lucinda. Emanoel Araújo. Fátima de Oliveira. Francisca. Geni Guimarães. Gilberto Gil. Grande Otelo. João Cruz e Sousa. Joel Rufino dos Santos. Jorge dos Anjos. José do Patrocínio. Léa Garcia. Lélia Gonzáles. Lima Barreto. Luís Gama. Luísa Mahim. Machado de Assis. Mãe Stella. Manuel Querino. Mestre Didi. Milton Gonçalves. Milton Santos. Paulo Paim. Pixinguinha. Raquel Trindade. Ruth de Souza. Teodoro Sampaio. Toni Tornado. Zezé Mota

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