Overview
Bringing together US and Brazilian scholars, as well as Afro-Brazilian political activists, ""Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil"" represents a significant advance in understanding the complexities of racial difference in contemporary Brazilian society. While previous scholarship on this subject has been largely confined to quantitative and statistical research, editor Michael Hanchard presents a qualitative perspective from a variety of disciplines, including history, sociology, political science and cultural theory. The contributors to ""Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil"" examine such topics as the legacy of slavery and its abolition, the historical impact of social movements, race-related violence, and the role of Afro-Brazilian activists in negotiating the cultural politics surrounding the issue of Brazilian national identity. With a focus on radicalized constructions of class and gender and sexuality, ""Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil"" reorients the direction of Brazilian studies, providing new insights into Brazilian culture, politics and race relations. This volume should be of importance to a wide cross section of scholars engaged with Brazil in particular, and Latin American studies in general. It should also appeal to all those interested in the larger issues of political and social movements centred on the issue of race.
Full Product Details
Author: Michael Hanchard
Publisher: Duke University Press
Imprint: Duke University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.617kg
ISBN: 9780822322528
ISBN 10: 0822322528
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 25 May 1999
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
... a collection of very good essays ... --British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, April 2000 What this collection clearly demonstrates is that racial politics cannot be reduced to any single factor, and as an introductory text to Brazilian race relations it is, as yet, without comparison. --TLS, October 8, 1999 This volume is the most important collection of essays on contemporary Brazilian racial politics available to English readers since Pierre-Michel Fontaine's Race, Class, and Power in Brazil. Specialists and general readers alike will profit from the scholarly essays and the testimonials from veteran Brazilian activists. (Robert Anderson, North Carolina A&T State University.)
In assembling this collection of essays, Michael Hanchard moves us beyond the traditional academic boundaries to underscore the relationship between theories and practices in Brazilian race relations. -Anani Dzidzienyo, Brown University This volume is the most important collection of essays on contemporary Brazilian racial politics available to English readers since Pierre-Michel Fontaine's Race, Class, and Power in Brazil. Specialists and general readers alike will profit from the scholarly essays and the testimonials from veteran Brazilian activists. -Robert Anderson, North Carolina A&T State University
Author Information
Michael Hanchard is Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of Orpheus and Power: The Movimento Negro of Rio de Janeiro and SÃo Paulo, Brazil, 1945–1988.
