Historicizing Play-Logic in the Making of Relatedness: The Case of Bumba Meu Boi Festival in Maranhão, Northeast Brazil
Year: 2015
Author: Shapiro, Matan
Sociologus, Vol. 65 (2015), Iss. 2 : pp. 131–152
Abstract
After the establishment in 1682 of a trading company to monopolize commerce between the colony and the metropolis, the Brazilian state of Maranhão has become one of the main slave ports in Latin America. Abolition in May 1888 nonetheless failed to precipitate the collapse of colonial class hierarchies so that throughout the twentieth century a series of local oligarchs continued to cultivate clientelist political systems. Despite institutionalized socioeconomic inequality, however,
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: German
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.65.2.131
Sociologus, Vol. 65 (2015), Iss. 2 : pp. 131–152
Published online: 2015-12
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 22