Becoming Brazilians: Race and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil

by Marshall C Eakin and Marshall C. Eakin

Book Overview

This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mesti agem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mesti agem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become the dominant feature of Brazilian national identity, demonstrating how diverse Brazilians embraced mesti agem, via popular music, film and television, literature,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316626008
• ISBN13: 9781316626009
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"