Review: Selling Black Brazil: Race, Nation, and Visual Culture in Salvador, Bahia , by Anadelia A. Romo, and Modernity in Black and White: Art and Image, Race and Identity in Brazil, 1890–1945 , by Rafael Cardoso
2023; University of California Press; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1525/lavc.2023.5.1.90
ISSN2576-0947
Autores Tópico(s)Cuban History and Society
ResumoSelling Black Brazil: Race, Nation, and Visual Culture in Salvador, Bahia argues that the Bahian tourism industry relied extensively on images to promote the city of Salvador as attractive and exotic, ultimately redefining Black culture in the nation's imaginary.In six chapters primarily focused on the 1940s and 1950s, she demystifies lauded figures like the French-born photographer-turnedethnographer Pierre Verger, the novelist Jorge Amado, and the Argentinean-born illustrator Carybe ´(He ´ctor Julio Pa ´ride Bernabo ´) by looking at their
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