Front Matter

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Definging Nations
7. “Let Us Be Brazilians on the Day of Our Nationality”: 27
8. Performing the Masculine Nation 49
9. Playing with National Identity 71
10. Foreigners in Latin America
11. Merchants, Abolitionists, and Slave Traders 93
12. Cooking Class 115
13. (Re)turning Home 139
14. Race and Identity in Brazil
15. Race, Ethnicity, and Class in Rio de Janeiro’s Port 165
16. The Brazilian Mulata 189
17. Community Identities
18. The Cah 215
19. Creating Identity Out of Place 235
20. Becoming Nature’s Defenders 257
21. Contributors 277
22. Index 280
23. Turning Points 286