Frontiers of Citizenship - A Black and Indigenous History of Postcolonial Brazil

An engaging, innovative history of Brazil's black and indigenous people that redefines our understanding of slavery, citizenship, and national identity.

List of contents

Introduction: a frontier on the Atlantic; 1. Outside of society: slavery and citizenship; 2. Rebels, kings, soldiers: popular politics; 3. Mestiço nation: Indians, race, and national identity; 4. Violent terrains: legal regimes; 5. Fleeing into slavery: geography; 6. Unfinished emancipations: labor and abolition; Epilogue.

About the author

Yuko Miki is Assistant Professor of History and affiliated faculty of Latin American and Latino Studies at Fordham University, New York. Her work has been awarded the Best Article Prize from the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Brazil Section and the Coordinating Council on Women's History.

Summary

An engaging, innovative history of Brazil's black and indigenous people that redefines our understanding of slavery, citizenship, and national identity. This book focuses on the interconnected histories of black and indigenous people on Brazil's Atlantic frontier, and makes a case for the frontier as a key space that defined the boundaries and limitations of Brazilian citizenship.

Product details

• Authors: Yuko Miki, Yuko (Fordham University Miki, MIKI YUKO
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781108405409
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40540-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Afro-Latin America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, Brazil, Anthropology, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Indigenous Peoples, c 1500 onwards to present day, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, History and Archaeology, Black & Asian Studies, Physical anthropology, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery