Selka, Stephen. <br/><br/>
Religion and the politics of ethnic identity in Bahia, Brazil  [electronic resource] / 
Stephen Selka. 
 - Gainesville :  University Press of Florida,  c2007. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 175 p.) :  ill. 
 - New World diasporas .
 - New World diasporas series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-168) and index. 
<br/><br/>Religion and Race in Brazil -- Catholicism and Afro-Brazilian Identity -- Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Culture, and Anti-Racism -- Alternative Identities, Emergent Politics --The Politics of Afro-Brazilian Identity. 
<br/><br/> Brazilians of African descent draw upon both Christian and African diasporic religions to construct their racial identities in a variety of intriguing ways. Focusing on the Reconcavo region of northeastern Brazil - known for its rich Afro-Brazilian traditions and as a center of racial consciousness in the country - Stephen Selka provides a nuanced and sophisticated ethnography that examines what it means to be black in Brazil. Selka examines how Evangelical Protestantism, Candomble (traditional Afro-Brazilian religion), and Catholicism - especially progressive Catholicism - are deployed in discursive struggles concerning racism and identity. In the process, he provides a model of wedding abstract theory with concrete details of everyday life. Revealing the complexity and sometimes contradictory aspects of Afro-Brazilian religious practices and racial identity, Selka brings a balanced perspective to polarized discussions of Brazilian racial politics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813039923 (electronic bk.) 0813039924 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion and politics--Brazil--Salvador.<br/>Ethnicity--Brazil--Salvador.<br/>Ethnicity--Religious aspects.<br/>Religion.<br/>Politik.<br/>Ethnizität.<br/>Ethnische Identität.<br/>Religion.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Brazil--Religion.<br/>Salvador (Brazil)--Religion.<br/>Bahia (Staat)<br/>Schwarze.<br/>Bahia.<br/>Schwarze.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2590.B7  / S45 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.800981/42