Negras in Brazil: Re-Envisioning Black Women, Citizenship, and the Politics of Identity

by Kia Lilly Caldwell

Book Overview

For most of the twentieth century, Brazil was widely regarded as a "racial democracy"-a country untainted by the scourge of racism and prejudice. In recent decades, however, this image has been severely critiqued, with a growing number of studies highlighting persistent and deep-seated patterns of racial discrimination and inequality. Yet, recent work on race and racism has rarely considered gender as part of its analysis. In Negras in Brazil , Kia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813539579
• ISBN13: 9780813539577
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"