In Light of Africa
Allan Charles Dawson
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In Light of Africa explores how the idea of Africa as a real place, an imagined homeland, and a metaphor for Black identity is used in the cultural politics of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
In Light of Africa explores how the idea of Africa as a real place, an imagined homeland, and a metaphor for Black identity is used in the cultural politics of the Brazilian state of Bahia. In the book, Allan Charles Dawson argues that Africa, as both a symbol and a geographical and historical place, is vital to understanding the wide range of identities and ideas about racial consciousness that exist in Bahia’s Afro-Brazilian communities.
In his ethnographic research Dawson follows the idea of “Africa” from the city of Salvador to the West African coast and back to the hinterlands of ... Read more
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Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Anthropological Horizons
Number of Pages
208
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442649316
SKU
V9781442649316
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About Allan Charles Dawson
Allan Charles Dawson in an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Drew University.
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