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    1. Legalizing identities

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    French,Jan Hoffman Auteur (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2009
    Published:
    Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    247 p., Related black communities claim different ethnoracial identities based in laws. Anthropologists widely agree that identities - even ethnic and racial ones - are socially constructed. This book shows how law can successfully serve as the impetus for the transformation of cultural practices and collective identity.

    2. Nagô Grandma and White Papa: Candomblé and the creation of Afro-Brazilian identity

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Dantas,Beatriz Góis (Author) and Berg,Stephen (Translator)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    2009
    Published:
    Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    198 p., Compares the formation of religious traditions and ethnic identities in the Brazilian states of Sergipe and Bahia, revealing how they diverged from each other due to their different social and political contexts and needs.