Becoming Brazilians : race and national identity in twentieth-century Brazil / Marshall C. Eakin, Vanderbilt University.

"This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mesticagem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mesticagem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:New approaches to the Americas.
Main Author: Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig), 1952- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:New approaches to the Americas.
Subjects:
Freyre, Gilberto, > 1900-1987.
National characteristics, Brazilian.
Racially mixed people > Brazil.
Black people > Race identity > Brazil.
Brazil > Race relations.
Multiculturalism > Brazil.
Mestizaje > Brazil.
Brazil > Civilization > 20th century.
Brazil > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Black people > Race identity.
Civilization.
Intellectual life.
Multiculturalism.
Race relations.
Racially mixed people.
Brazil.
Mestizaje.
1900-1999
Physical Description:xvii, 327 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Race and national identity in twentieth-century Brazil
Format: Book

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