Dancing Bahia

Lucía M. Suárez is associate professor and director of Latino/a studies in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Iowa State University. Amélia Conrado is a professor at the Federal University of Bahia’s School of Dance. Yvonne Daniel is professor emerita of dance and Afro-American studies at Smith College.

Introduction

Part I: Bahian Dance in Action

Chapter 1: Afro-Brazilian Dance as Black Activism

Amélia Conrado



Chapter 2: Dance Artistry and Bahian Forms of Citizenship: Isaura Oliveira and Malinké

Yvonne Daniel



Part II: Memory, Resistance, and Survival through Dance Education

Chapter 3: Pedagogies of the Body within African Matrix Education of Salvador, Brazil: Perspectives and Challenges of an Emancipatory Project

Pilar Echeverry Zambrano



Chapter 4: African Matrix Dance: Repertoire Options for Approaching Race and Ethnic Relations in Brazilian Schools

Piedade Lino Videira



Chapter 5: After-School Samba: Cultural Memory and Ownership in the Wake of UNESCO Recognition as Intangible Heritage of Humanity

Danielle Robinson and Jeff Packman



Part III: Reflections: Paths of Courage and Connections

Chapter 6: Why Not Me? Reflections on Afro-Dance and Law No. 10.639

Nadir Nóbrega Oliveira



Chapter 7: Dancing into the Politics of Race: From Bahia to Kingston

Deborah A. Thomas



Part IV: Defying Erasure through Dance

Chapter 8: Negotiations: Afro-Bahian Memory, Storytelling, and Dance

Lucía M. Suárez