The color of sound :: race, religion, and music in Brazil /

Throughout Brazil, Afro-Brazilians face widespread racial prejudice. Many turn to religion, with Afro-Brazilians disproportionately represented among Protestants, the fastest-growing religious group in the country. Officially, Brazilian Protestants do not involve themselves in racial politics. Behin...

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1. Verfasser: Burdick, John, 1959-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, ©2011.
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Zusammenfassung:Throughout Brazil, Afro-Brazilians face widespread racial prejudice. Many turn to religion, with Afro-Brazilians disproportionately represented among Protestants, the fastest-growing religious group in the country. Officially, Brazilian Protestants do not involve themselves in racial politics. Behind the scenes, however, the community is deeply involved in the formation of different kinds of blackness-and its engagement in racial politics is rooted in the major new cultural movement of black music. In this highly original account, anthropologist John Burdick explores the complex ideas about.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814709245
0814709249
9780814723135
0814723136

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