Hotel Tropico - Brazil and the Challenge of African Decolonization, 19501980

Informationen zum Autor Jerry Dávila is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He is the author of Diploma of Whiteness: Race and Social Policy in Brazil, 1917–1945, also published by Duke University Press. Klappentext A study of perceptions of race and national identity in Brazil's conflicted effort to build relations with African nations in the second half of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung The attempts by Brazilian diplomats and intellectuals to establish ties with Africa during and after decolonization reveal the contradictions in Brazils idea of itself as a racial democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Brazil in the Lusotropical World 11 2. Africa and the Independent Foreign Policy 39 3. "The Lovers of the African Race": Brazilian Diplomats in Nigeria 64 4. War in Angola, Crisis in Brazil 91 5. Latinité or Fraternité? Senegal, Portugal and the Brazilian Military Regime 117 6. Gibson Barboza's Trip: "Brazil (Re)discovers Africa" 141 7. Brazil and the Portuguese Revolution 170 8. Brazil's Special Representation in Angola, 1975 190 9. Miracle for Sale: Marketing Brazil in Nigeria 221 Epilogue 244 Notes 257 Bibliography 293 Index 307

Product details

• Authors: Jerry Davila, Jerry Dávila, Jerry Dvila, Jerry Davila
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.08.2010
• EAN: 9780822348672
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4867-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Afrika, Brasilien, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.)