ISBN:
1592133525
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1592133509
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 324 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Uniform Title:
Sortilégio da cor. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version The Sorcery of Color : Identity, Race, and Gender in Brazil
DDC:
305.800981
Keywords:
Sex role Social aspects
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Racism
;
Sexism
;
Theater and society
;
Blacks Social conditions
;
Blacks Politics and government
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Blacks ; Brazil ; Politics and government
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Blacks ; Brazil ; Social conditions
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Brazil ; Race relations
;
Racism ; Brazil
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Sex role ; Social aspects ; Brazil
;
Sexism ; Brazil
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Theater and society ; Brazil
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Electronic books
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Brazil Civilization
;
African influences
;
Brazil Race relations
Abstract:
Originally published in 2003 in Portuguese, The Sorcery of Color argues that there are longstanding and deeply-rooted relationships between racial and gender inequalities in Brazil. In this pioneering book, Elisa Larkin Nascimento examines the social and cultural movements that have attempted, since the early twentieth century, to challenge and eradicate these conjoined inequalities.The book's title describes the social sleight-of-hand that disguises the realities of Brazilian racial inequity. According to Nascimento, anyone who speaks of racism—or merely refers to another person as blac
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Kabengele Munanga; Introduction; Identity, Race, and Gender; Brazil and the Making of Virtual Whiteness; Constructing and Deconstructing the "Crazy Creole"; Another History: Afro-Brazilian Agency (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, 1914-1960); The Black Experimental Theater: Plots, Texts, and Actors; Concluding Remarks: The Priority of Education; Notes; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Brazilian Words; Bibliographical Note to the English Edition; Selected Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-316) and index
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Translated from the Portuguese
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
,
Translated from the Portuguese
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