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6%OFFElizabeth Farfán-Santos - Black Bodies, Black Rights: The Politics of Quilombolismo in Contemporary Brazil - 9781477309421 - V9781477309421
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Black Bodies, Black Rights: The Politics of Quilombolismo in Contemporary Brazil

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Description for Black Bodies, Black Rights: The Politics of Quilombolismo in Contemporary Brazil Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JM; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 508. Weight in Grams: 681.

Under a provision in the Brazilian constitution, rural black communities identified as the modern descendants of quilombos—runaway slave communities—are promised land rights as a form of reparations for the historic exclusion of blacks from land ownership. The quilombo provision has been hailed as a success for black rights; however, rights for quilombolas are highly controversial and, in many cases, have led to violent land conflicts. Although thousands of rural black communities have been legally recognized, only a handful have received the rights they were promised. Conflict over quilombola rights is widespread and carries important consequences for race relations and political ... Read more

Drawing on a year of field research in a quilombola community, Elizabeth Farfán-Santos explores how quilombo recognition has significantly affected the everyday lives of those who experience the often-complicated political process. Questions of identity, race, and entitlement play out against a community’s struggle to prove its historical authenticity—and to gain the land and rights they need to survive. This work not only demonstrates the lived experience of a new, particular form of blackness in Brazil, but also shows how blackness is being mobilized and reimagined to gain social rights and political recognition. Black Bodies, Black Rights thus represents an important contribution to the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of Afro-Latino studies.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477309421
SKU
V9781477309421
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About Elizabeth Farfán-Santos
Elizabeth Farfán-Santos is an assistant professor of anthropology in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Houston.

Reviews for Black Bodies, Black Rights: The Politics of Quilombolismo in Contemporary Brazil
"[A] brilliantly researched and argued book…a much-needed investigation of the differences between how state actors understand ideas of black land rights and how an Afro-Brazilian community effectively makes space on their own terms and in the process maintains a centuries-long commitment to sustaining themselves amidst racialized poverty."
AAG Review of Books
"Black Bodies, Black Rights is…a case study ... Read more

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