identity, race, and gender in Brazil
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Nascimento, Elisa Larkin
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- LAT 10 2007
- Thesaurus
- etniciteit, racisme, zwarte vrouwen, historisch, Brazilië, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Theoretical and historical review of the position of black people in Brazil and their fights for justice and recognition. The author examines the social and cultural movements that have challenged and eradicate racial and gender inequalities and the relationships between the two. She argues that anyone who speaks of racism or merely refers to another person as black traditionally is seen as racist. The only acceptably non-racist attitude is silence. At the same time, Afro-Brazilian culture and history have been overshadowed by the idea of a general 'Brazilian identity' that to call attention to them is also to risk being labeled racist, according to the author.