Reimagining Black Difference and Politics in Brazil
Alexandre Emboaba da Costa
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Paperback. Partially based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Cornell University, 2009) under the title: The difference Orunmila makes: the past as project in an Afro-Brazilian struggle. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Reimagining Black Difference and Politics in Brazil examines Black Brazilian political struggle and the predicaments it faces in a time characterized by the increasing institutionalization of ethno-racial policies and black participation in policy orchestration. Greater public debate and policy attention to racial inequality suggests the attenuation of racial democracy and positive miscegenation as hegemonic ideologies of the Brazilian nation-state. However, the colorblind and post-racial logics of mixture and racial democracy, especially the denial and/or minimization of racism as a problem, maintain a strong grip on public thinking, social action, and institutional practices. Through a focus on the epistemic dimensions of ... Read more
Reimagining Black Difference and Politics in Brazil examines Black Brazilian political struggle and the predicaments it faces in a time characterized by the increasing institutionalization of ethno-racial policies and black participation in policy orchestration. Greater public debate and policy attention to racial inequality suggests the attenuation of racial democracy and positive miscegenation as hegemonic ideologies of the Brazilian nation-state. However, the colorblind and post-racial logics of mixture and racial democracy, especially the denial and/or minimization of racism as a problem, maintain a strong grip on public thinking, social action, and institutional practices. Through a focus on the epistemic dimensions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349481583
SKU
V9781349481583
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About Alexandre Emboaba da Costa
Alexandre Emboaba Da Costa is assistant Professor of Theoretical, Cultural, and International Studies in Education in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. He received his PhD from the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University, USA and previously taught courses in Sociology, Cultural Studies, and Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. He also ... Read more
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