The Politics of Blackness

Racial Identity and Political Behavior in Contemporary Brazil

• Author(s): Gladys L. Mitchell,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 266
• ISBN_10: 1107186102
  ISBN_13: 9781107186101
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economics / Microeconomics , Political Science / General , Political Science / American Government / General , Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Black Studies (Global) ,

Description:... 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.