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Resisting Brazil: perspectives on local nationalisms in Salvador da Bahia

Ethos • 61 (3) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 207-229

By: McCallum, Cecilia.

Abstract
This paper discusses ideas about Brazil as a nation and its people expressed by residents of the low income district of Baixa in the city of Salvador. The author's analysis '…relates positive and negative evaluations of national identity to a dialectic of hegemony and resistance. It focuses on gender and race in the local making or negating of nationalism, concluding that constitutive discourses and practices must be understood in relation to social inequality and the class structure' (p. 207).
Subjects
Cultural identity and pride
Sociolinguistics
Classes
Poverty
Ethnosociology
culture
Bahia Brazilians
HRAF PubDate
1999
Region
South America
Sub Region
Eastern South America
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 1998
Field Date
1993-1994
Coverage Date
1993
Coverage Place
Baixa district, city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Notes
Cecilia McCallum
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-229)
LCCN
45053696
LCSH
Bahia (Brazil : State)