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The Color of Sound

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Description for The Color of Sound Paperback.

Throughout Brazil, Afro-Brazilians face widespread racial prejudice. Many turn to religion, with Afro-Brazilians disproportionately represented among Protestants, the fastest-growing religious group in the country. Officially, Brazilian Protestants do not involve themselves in racial politics. Behind the scenes, however, the community is deeply involved in the formation of different kinds of blackness—and its engagement in racial politics is rooted in the major new cultural movement of black music.

In this highly original account, anthropologist John Burdick explores the complex ideas about race, racism, and racial identity that have grown up among Afro-Brazilians in the black music scene. By ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814709238
SKU
V9780814709238
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About John Burdick
John Burdick is Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University. He is author of Legacies of Liberation: The Progressive Catholic Church in Brazil at the Start of a New Millennium, Blessed Anastacia: Women, Race and Popular Christianity in Brazil, and Looking for God in Brazil: The Progressive Catholic Church in Urban Brazil's Religious Arena.

Reviews for The Color of Sound
Burdick writes with an evocative clarity that allows the context and voices of his informants to shine through. His commitment to them and his passion for racial justice drive the account of his research.
Pneuma
Overall, this work is an admirable achievement.-,
David Lehmann
Cambridge University Press
Reading John Burdicks The Color of Sound reminded ... Read more

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