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Afro-Bahian carnival: a stage for protest
Afro-Hispanic review • 11 (1-3) • Published In 1992 • Pages: 11-20
By: Dunn, Christopher.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines the activist roles of two carnival groups (BLOCOS AFRO) in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, in their attempts through songs and musical performances to heighten racial consciousness among the Afro-Brazilian population. The focus in this study is on the Ile Aiye and Olodum groups which have articulated some of the discontents within the Afro-Bahian community. Several representative songs are presented in the text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Music
- Spectacles
- Sodalities
- Political movements
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bahia Brazilians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- EvaluationIn this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- Ethnologist-5
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Christopher Dunn
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 20)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82642621
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bahia (Brazil : State)