Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Crossview from Brazil
Rebecca Lemos Igreja, "Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Crossview from Brazil "
English | ISBN: 3110727269 | 2022 | 222 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
English | ISBN: 3110727269 | 2022 | 222 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Crossview from Brazil discusses the racial issue in Latin America by inserting Brazil’s perspective within the regional debate, at once contrasting with more common nationally-focused perspectives and highlighting the exchange between the luso and hispano worlds.
Through this dialogical scheme, the volume aims to offer a panorama of the historical and contemporary debates on the racial issue across the region. It emphasizes, in particular, slavery’s inheritance, the persistent subordination of the black population along with its mobilization and exchanges, the centrality of the anti-racist struggle and its main actors and intellectuals, the impact of multicultural and racial equality policies, and the development of categorizations.
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