Afro-Brazilian Art as a Prism: A Socio-Political History of Brazil's Artistic, Diplomatic and Economic Confluences in the Twentieth Century

Cleveland, Kimberly

doi:10.1353/lbr.2012.0045

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“…The initiatives undertaken by the State and civil society for the rehabilitation of African cultures in Brazil have enabled notable advances. But the struggles of identity 7 Brazilian goddess of the sea. and racial claims that persist indicate that there is more to do for the affirmation of African identity in the public space in Brazil.…”

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The Issue of Recognition of African Heritage in Brazil in the 20th Century

Nadine Carole

2023

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After deletion of slavery in Brazil and the granting of citizenship to Afro-descendants, their incorporation into Brazilian society was not tolerated. During the first decade of the 20th century, African mores and cultures were repressed in public spaces and excluded from the project of identity construction. Brazilian national. By the action of the Black Front (Frente Negra Brasileira) through the struggles for social and civic rights and identity claims initiated at the beginning of the 20th century and continued during the second half of this century by the movements of black intellectual lobbies and Brazilian social actors, that the question of the recognition and legitimization of African heritage in Brazil will become a national concern and the subject of debate. To this end, the Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas initiated actions that will be perpetuated by his successors for the national recognition of African values inherited from slaves.

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Section: Cultural Heritagementioning

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The Issue of Recognition of African Heritage in Brazil in the 20th Century

Nadine Carole

2023

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Rosana Paulino and Tiago Sant’Ana

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2020

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Rather than bypass their country's history of slavery-the very beginning of racial inequality-to instead focus solely on contemporary social disparities, some Afro-Brazilian artists choose to use it as a point of inspiration for their work. In this way, slavery becomes a source of "sustenance" for their creative production and critical reflections. Rosana Paulino and Tiago Sant'Ana are among those artists who have chosen to engage with this historical period. The "sustenance" of slavery holds a dual meaning in these two artists' work, in particular, in that they each explore a different form of "nourishment" that was related to black labor during that era. Paulino highlights the enslaved wet nurse, whose breast milk went to feed white infants, while Sant'Ana uses sugar as an artistic medium and calls attention to the role of enslaved African labor on Brazil's northeastern plantations.

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Afro-Brazilian Art as a Prism: A Socio-Political History of Brazil's Artistic, Diplomatic and Economic Confluences in the Twentieth Century

Cited by 2 publications

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The Issue of Recognition of African Heritage in Brazil in the 20th Century

The Issue of Recognition of African Heritage in Brazil in the 20th Century

Rosana Paulino and Tiago Sant’Ana

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