{"product_id":"the-vigorous-core-of-our-stanley-e-blake-9780822961338","title":"The Vigorous Core of Our Nationality: Race and Regional Identity in Northeastern Brazil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vigorous Core of Our Nationality\u003c\/i\u003e explores conceptualizations of regional identity and a distinct population group known as nordestinos in northeastern Brazil during a crucial historical period. Beginning with the abolition of slavery and ending with the demise of the Estado Novo under Get lio Vargas, Stanley E. Blake offers original perspectives on the paradoxical concept of the \u003ci\u003enordestino\u003c\/i\u003e and the importance of these debates to the process of state and nation building.\u003cbr\u003e Since colonial times, the Northeast has been an agricultural region based primarily on sugar production. The area's population was composed of former slaves and free men of African descent, indigenous Indians, European whites, and mulattos. The image of the \u003ci\u003enordestino\u003c\/i\u003e was, for many years, linked with the predominant ethnic group in the region, the Afro-Brazilian. For political reasons, however, the conception of the \u003ci\u003enordestino\u003c\/i\u003e later changed to more closely resemble white Europeans.\u003cbr\u003e Blake delves deeply into local archives and determines that politicians, intellectuals, and other urban professionals formulated identities based on theories of science, biomedicine, race, and social Darwinism. While these ideas served political, social, and economic agendas, they also inspired debates over social justice and led to reforms for both the region and the people. Additionally, Blake shows how debates over northeastern identity and the concept of the \u003ci\u003enordestino\u003c\/i\u003e shaped similar arguments about Brazilian national identity and \"true\" Brazilian people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanley E. Blake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822961334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822961338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011","brand":"Stanley E. Blake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926547103999,"sku":"9780822961338","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7329fd66-43f0-4065-a6ce-0a745b208e51.jpg?v=1681083676","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-vigorous-core-of-our-stanley-e-blake-9780822961338","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}