Ile Aiye in Brazil and the Reinvention of Africa (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

Ile Aiye's unifying identity politics through Afro-Carnival performance, is embedded in its dialectical relationship with the rest of Brazil as it takes ownership of its oppressed status by striving for racial equality and economic empowerment. Against this complex background, performative theory offers significant new meanings. In ritualistically integrating Bakhtinian categories of free interaction, eccentric behavior, carnivalistic misalliances, and the sacrilegious, Ile Aiye anchors its social discourse on showcasing the black race as a critical agency of beauty, pride, wisdom, subversion, and negotiation. Ile Aiye carnival is not only racially conscious, it heightens the conflicts by dislocating the very establishment that invests in its cultural politics. In fusing the sacred, the profane, the performative, the musical, with the political, Ile Aiye succeeds in indicting racism, ironically sacrificing the very power it pursues. Despite these limitations, Ile Aiye creatively engages alternative dialogues on Brazilian politics through sponsored performances across transnational borders.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	African Histories and Modernities
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Niyi Afolabi
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-57817-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
LSN:	1-137-57817-3
Barcode:	9781137578174

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