Race and the Brazilian Body: Blackness, Whiteness, and Everyday Language in Rio de Janeiro

Author:   Jennifer Roth-Gordon
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520293809


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   20 December 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jennifer Roth-Gordon
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780520293809


ISBN 10:   0520293800
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   20 December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. BRAZIL'S COMFORTABLE RACIAL CONTRADICTION 2. GOOD APPEARANCES: RACE, LANGUAGE, AND CITIZENSHIP 3. INVESTING IN WHITENESS: MIDDLE-CLASS PRACTICES OF LINGUISTIC DISCIPLINE 4. FEARS OF RACIAL CONTACT: CRIME, VIOLENCE, AND THE STRUGGLE OVER URBAN SPACE 5. AVOIDING BLACKNESS: THE FLIP SIDE OF BOA APARENCIA 6. MAKING THE MANO: THE UNCOMFORTABLE VISIBILITY OF BLACKNESS IN POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS BRAZILIAN HIP-HOP CONCLUSION: SEEING RACE NOTES REFERENCES INDEX

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A remarkably accessible book that will be of great interest to scholars of race in Latin America who wish to incorporate an attention to language and practice to theirown work. The book' s clear explanations of how the research was organized and executed likewise make it an excellent teaching tool for undergraduates and graduate students. -Journal of Latin American Studies * Journal of Latin American Studies * Roth-Gordon offers important in-sights in fewer than two hundred pages of clearly articulated text. . .the book is a rare pedagogical gem. -General Anthropology * General Anthropology * A must-read for scholars studying race and politics in Brazil. -Journal of Anthropological Research * Journal of Anthropological Research * Although decades of ink have already been spilled on the still contentious issue of racism in Brazil (and Latin America more broadly), Roth- Gordon's book points to fruitful areas for future research. -Anthropological Quarterly * Anthropological Quarterly * By highlighting new challenges and forms of resistance to racist ideologies, Roth-Gordon makes an outstanding contribution to a global dialogue on race that illustrates the hegemonic forces at play that maintain racial inequalities. -American Ethnologist * American Ethnologist *


By highlighting new challenges and forms of resistance to racist ideologies, Roth-Gordon makes an outstanding contribution to a global dialogue on race that illustrates the hegemonic forces at play that maintain racial inequalities. * American Ethnologist * Although decades of ink have already been spilled on the still contentious issue of racism in Brazil (and Latin America more broadly), Roth- Gordon's book points to fruitful areas for future research. * Anthropological Quarterly * A must-read for scholars studying race and politics in Brazil. * Journal of Anthropological Research * Roth-Gordon offers important in-sights in fewer than two hundred pages of clearly articulated text. . .the book is a rare pedagogical gem. * General Anthropology * A remarkably accessible book that will be of great interest to scholars of race in Latin America who wish to incorporate an attention to language and practice to theirown work. The book' s clear explanations of how the research was organized and executed likewise make it an excellent teaching tool for undergraduates and graduate students. * Journal of Latin American Studies * [Roth-Gordon] presents [her findings] in an accessible narrative that would provide compelling reading for an undergraduate course on race or Brazil and might help us all better understand why famously 'cordial' Brazilians recently elected an uncordially racist president. * Latin American Research Review *


A remarkably accessible book that will be of great interest to scholars of race in Latin America who wish to incorporate an attention to language and practice to theirown work. The book' s clear explanations of how the research was organized and executed likewise make it an excellent teaching tool for undergraduates and graduate students. * Journal of Latin American Studies * Roth-Gordon offers important in-sights in fewer than two hundred pages of clearly articulated text. . .the book is a rare pedagogical gem. * General Anthropology * A must-read for scholars studying race and politics in Brazil. * Journal of Anthropological Research * Although decades of ink have already been spilled on the still contentious issue of racism in Brazil (and Latin America more broadly), Roth- Gordon's book points to fruitful areas for future research. * Anthropological Quarterly * By highlighting new challenges and forms of resistance to racist ideologies, Roth-Gordon makes an outstanding contribution to a global dialogue on race that illustrates the hegemonic forces at play that maintain racial inequalities. * American Ethnologist *


By highlighting new challenges and forms of resistance to racist ideologies, Roth-Gordon makes an outstanding contribution to a global dialogue on race that illustrates the hegemonic forces at play that maintain racial inequalities. --American Ethnologist (11/21/2018) A must-read for scholars studying race and politics in Brazil. --Journal of Anthropological Research (11/21/2018) A remarkably accessible book that will be of great interest to scholars of race in Latin America who wish to incorporate an attention to language and practice to theirown work. The book's clear explanations of how the research was organized and executed likewise make it an excellent teaching tool for undergraduates and graduate students. -- (11/21/2018) Roth-Gordon offers important in-sights in fewer than two hundred pages of clearly articulated text. . .the book is a rare pedagogical gem. -- (11/21/2018) Although decades of ink have already been spilled on the still contentious issue of racism in Brazil (and Latin America more broadly), Roth- Gordon's book points to fruitful areas for future research. --Anthropological Quarterly (11/21/2018)


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Jennifer Roth-Gordon is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.

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