The Baianas take over: Space and Cultural Identity in Rio de Janeiro

• Autor(a) principal: Velloso, Mônica
• Data de Publicação: 1990
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/reh/article/view/2303

The article analyzes the black community's position within the modernizing organization that characterized the city of Rio de Janeiro at beginning of the twentieth century. It examines the specificity of this participation, wich took place outside of formal political-social channels. Special emphasis is placed on the leadership role played by the tias baianas (literally, Bahia aunts), women who through African-Brazilian religious centers and terreiros proved capable of bringing together a body of traditions that had been fragmented by the slave experience. Linking the idea of space with that of cultural identity, it is shown that of cultural identity, it is shown that the group of blacks from Bahia endeavored to re-territorialize its values and traditions, thereby leaving its imprint on the city's history