Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil - Brossura

Twine, Francine Winddance

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0813523656 ISBN 13: 9780813523651

Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

In Racism in a Racial Democracy, France Winddance Twine asks why Brazilians, particularly Afro-Brazilians, continue to have faith in Brazil's "racial democracy" in the face of pervasive racism in all spheres of Brazilian life. Through a detailed ethnography, Twine provides a cultural analysis of the everyday discursive and material practices that sustain and naturalize white supremacy.

This is the first ethnographic study of racism in southeastern Brazil to place the practices of upwardly mobile Afro-Brazilians at the center of analysis. Based on extensive field research and more than fifty life histories with Afro- and Euro-Brazilians, this book analyzes how Brazilians conceptualize and respond to racial disparities. Twine illuminates the obstacles Brazilian activists face when attempting to generate grassroots support for an antiracist movement among the majority of working class Brazilians. Anyone interested in racism and antiracism in Latin America will find this book compelling.

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Product Description

An analysis of the intransigence of Brazilian racism in which the author asks why there is still faith in Brazil's "racial democracy" in the face of pervasive racism in all aspects of Brazilian life. The author also illuminates the problems activists face when trying to set up antiracist movements.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Rutgers Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0813523656
• ISBN 13: 9780813523651
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 1111
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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