This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mesti agem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mesti agem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become the dominant feature of Brazilian national identity, demonstrating how diverse Brazilians embraced mesti agem, via popular music, film and television, literature,...
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