Memory and Redemption in the Twilight of Brazilian Racial Democracy
by
John F. Collins
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
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 for hotels, boutiques, NGOs, and other attractions....