Politics of Survival - Black Women Social Welfare Beneficiaries in Brazil United States

Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour offers a comparative analysis of how Black women social welfare beneficiaries in Brazil and the United States defy systems of domination. She argues that poor Black women act as political subjects in the struggle to survive and challenge daily discrimination even in dire circumstances.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Politics of Survival
2. Support of Social Welfare Programs, Stigma, and Resistance
3. Perceptions of Class, Skin Color, and Gender Discrimination
4. Are Poor Black Women to Blame for Conservative Politicians? Social Welfare Beneficiaries’ Political Knowledge, Voting Preferences, and Religion
5. Conclusion: Are Poor Black Women the Hope for Progressive Politics?
Appendix
Notes
References
Index

About the author

Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour is Dan T. Blue Endowed Chair of Political Science at North Carolina Central University. She is the author of The Politics of Blackness: Racial Identity and Political Behavior in Contemporary Brazil (2018). Mitchell-Walthour is a national co-coordinator of the U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil and former president of the Brazil Studies Association.

Summary

Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour offers a comparative analysis of how Black women social welfare beneficiaries in Brazil and the United States defy systems of domination. She argues that poor Black women act as political subjects in the struggle to survive and challenge daily discrimination even in dire circumstances.

Product details

• Authors: Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour, Mitchell-Walthour Gladys L.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2023
• EAN: 9780231207669
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20766-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, Brazil, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Social welfare & social services, Social discrimination & inequality, Comparative Politics, United States of America, USA, Social welfare and social services, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Black & Asian Studies, Social discrimination and social justice, Relating to African American / Black American people