The Sorcery of Color - Identity, Race, And Gender in Brazil

Informationen zum Autor Elisa Larkin Nascimento is Director of IPEAFRO Afro-Brazilian Studies and Research Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Klappentext An examination of how racial and gender hierarchies are intertwined in Brazil Zusammenfassung Originally published in 2003 in Portuguese, this book argues that there are longstanding and deeply-rooted relationships between racial and gender inequalities in Brazil. It examines the social and cultural movements that have attempted, since the early twentieth century, to challenge and eradicate these conjoined inequalities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments List of Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction to the English Edition Preface – Kabengele Munanga Introduction 1. Identity, Race, and Gender 2. Brazil and the Making of "Virtual Whiteness" 3. Constructing and Desconstructing the "Crazy Creole" 4. Another History: Afro-Brazilian Agency (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, 1914-1960) 5. The Black Experimental Theater: Plots, Texts, and Actors Glossary of Brazilian Words Bibliographical References

Product details

• Authors: Elisa Larkin Nascimento
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2006
• EAN: 9781592133505
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-350-5
• No. of pages: 324
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Brasilien, Soziale Diskriminierung und Gleichbehandlung, Ethnic Studies