The Politics of Blackness: Racial Identity and Political Behavior in Contemporary Brazil (Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity)
Cambridge University Press, 12/7/2017
EAN 9781316637043, ISBN10: 1316637042
Paperback, 282 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Language: English
This book uses an intersectional approach to analyze the impact of the experience of race on Afro-Brazilian political behavior in the cities of Salvador, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. Using a theoretical framework that takes into account racial group attachment and the experience of racial discrimination, it seeks to explain Afro-Brazilian political behavior with a focus on affirmative action policy and Law 10.639 (requiring that African and Afro-Brazilian history be taught in schools). It fills an important gap in studies of Afro-Brazilian underrepresentation by using an intersectional framework to examine the perspectives of everyday citizens. The book will be an important reference for scholars and students interested in the issue of racial politics in Latin America and beyond.
Introduction
1. Afro-Brazilian political underrepresentation
2. Blackness and racial identification in contemporary Brazil
3. Negro group attachment in Brazil
4. Negro linked fate and racial policies
5. Afro-descendant perceptions of discrimination and support for affirmative action.