Dancing Bahia: Essays on Afro-Brazilian Dance, Education, Memory, and Race

Contents

• Introduction
• Part I: Bahian Dance in Action
• Chapter 1: Afro-Brazilian Dance as Black Activism
• Amelia Conrado
• Chapter 2: Dance Artistry and Bahian Forms of Citizenship: Isaura Oliveira and Malinke
• Yvonne Daniel
• Part II: Memory, Resistance, and Survival through Dance Education
• Chapter 3: Pedagogies of the Body within African Matrix Education of Salvador, Brazil: Perspectives and Challenges of an Emancipatory Project
• Pilar Echeverry Zambrano
• Chapter 4: African Matrix Dance: Repertoire Options for Approaching Race and Ethnic Relations in Brazilian Schools
• Piedade Lino Videira
• Chapter 5: After-School Samba: Cultural Memory and Ownership in the Wake of UNESCO Recognition as Intangible Heritage of Humanity
• Danielle Robinson and Jeff Packman
• Part III: Reflections: Paths of Courage and Connections
• Chapter 6: Why Not Me? Reflections on Afro-Dance and Law No. 10.639
• Nadir Nobrega Oliveira
• Chapter 7: Dancing into the Politics of Race: From Bahia to Kingston
• Deborah A. Thomas
• Part IV: Defying Erasure through Dance
• Chapter 8: Negotiations: Afro-Bahian Memory, Storytelling, and Dance
• Lucia M. Suarez