Gilberto Freyre and the Myth of Mestiçagem
Gilberto Freyre and Casa-grande e senzala
Constructing Myths, Rituals, and Symbols
Decline of the Freyrean Vision
1. From the "Spectacle of Races" to "Luso-Tropical Civilization"
Constructing State and Nation
Race and National Identity
Gilberto Freyre and the Creation of the Myth of Mestiçagem
2. Communicating and Understanding Mestiçagem : Radio, Samba, and Carnaval
The State, Media, and Popular Culture
Radio and the Creation of Samba
Samba, Carnaval, and Getúlio Vargas
Carnaval, Gender, the Malandro, and the Mulata
3. Visualizing Mestiçagem : Literature, Film, and the Mulata
A New Visual Culture and the Freyrean Mulata
Carmen Miranda : An Iconic Cinematic Mulata?
Mestiço Nationalism, Cinema Novo, and Bossa Nova
Creating the Iconic Mulata : Jorge Amado and Sonia Braga
4. "Globo-lizing" Brazil : Televising Identity
The Television Revolution and the Rise of the Globo Empire
Modernity, Identity, and the Jornal Nacional
Telenovelas and National Identity
Broadcasting Carnaval and Futebol
5. The Beautiful Game : Performing the Freyrean Vision
Creating the Myth of Futebol-Mulato
From English Sport to Jogo do Povo
Futebol-mestiço, Futebol-mulato, Futebol-arte
Identity and the End of Futebol-arte?
Gilberto Freyre, Mario Filho, Mestiçagem, and Citizenship
6. The Sounds of Cultural Citizenship
Cultural Citizenship and Cultural Nationalism
Música Popular Brasileira and Cultural Nationalism
Popular Music, Nationalism, Citizenship
7. Culture, Identity, and Citizenship
Civic and Cultural Nationalisms
Impeachment, Citizenship, and Nationalism
Challenges to the Freyrean Vision
Epilogue: Nation and Identity in the Twentieth and the Twenty-First Centuries
The Return of Gilberto Freyre
Technology : Forging and Eroding Narratives
Modernity, Post modernity, and the Creation of Identities
Back to Race and Identity
Nation, Regions, Nationalism, and National Identity
Brazilian Exceptionalism?
