O corpo das ruas: a fotografia de Pierre Verger na construção da Bahia iorubá / The body of the streets: a photograph of Pierre Verger in the construction of the Bahia yoruba

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

This dissertation intends to understand the role played by the French photographer turned into an ethnographer Pierre Verger (2002-1996) as a contributor to the efforts of artists, writers and scholars in mid-20th century Bahia aiming at creating and circulating a local Afro-brazilian identity ethnically understood as of Yoruba origin. Vergers photographs, instead of abstract and desimbodied features, offer a deeply territorialized vision of Bahias identity,

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baianidade body pierre verger bahias cultural identity fotografia identidade baiana pierre verger cultural history corpo corporalidade africana photography história cultural african corporalty

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