Revolt of the Saints: Memory and Redemption in the Twilight of Brazilian Racial Democracy by John F. Collins

Revolt of the Saints: Memory and Redemption in the Twilight of Brazilian Racial Democracy

John F. Collins

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In 1985 the Pelourinho neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Over the next decades, over 4,000 residents who failed to meet the state's definition of "proper Afro-Brazilianness" were expelled to make way ...

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