The Dialectic Is in the Sea : The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento

**Collected writings by one of the most influential Black Brazilian intellectuals of the twentieth century**Beatriz Nascimento (1942–1995) was a poet, historian, artist, and political leader in Brazil’s Black movement, an innovative and creative thinker whose work offers a radical reimagining of gender, space, politics, and spirituality around the Atlantic and across the Black diaspora. Her powerful voice still resonates today, reflecting a deep commitment to political organizing, revisionist historiography, and the lived experience of Black women. __The Dialectic Is in the Sea__ is the first English-language collection of writings by this vitally important figure in the global tradition of Black radical thought.__The Dialectic Is in the Sea__ traces the development of Nascimento’s thought across the decades of her activism and writing, covering topics such as the Black woman, race and Brazilian society, Black freedom, and Black aesthetics and spirituality. Incisive introductory and analytical essays provide key insights into the political and historical context of Nascimento’s work. This engaging collection includes an essay by Bethânia Gomes, Nascimento’s only daughter, who shares illuminating and uniquely personal insights into her mother’s life and career. Contents Preface: Dear Mamãe Acknowledgments Introductory Section Introduction A Note on Translation Remembering the Great Atlantic: Beatriz Nascimento and Diasporic Black Thought Part I Race and Brazilian Society Introduction: On Race, Racism, and Racial Democracy Antiracism For a History of Black People Black People and Racism Black People, Seen by Themselves Our Racial Democracy Fragment (Realizing Consciousness) Part II The Black Woman Introduction: The Black Woman: Reflections on Blackness, Gender, Sexuality, and Racial Capitalism Dream Toward Racial Consciousness The Black Woman in the Labor Market Maria Beatriz Nascimento: Researcher The Black Woman and Love An Aside to Feminism Part III Quilombo: Thoughts on Black Freedom and Liberation Introduction: On Quilombo Urgency (Zumbi) “Quilombos”: Social Change or Conservatism? Alternative Social Systems Organized by Black People: From Quilombos to Favelas (a) Alternative Social Systems Organized by Black People: From Quilombos to Favelas (b) The Antônio Conselheiro Movement and Abolitionism: A Vision of Regional History Post-revolutionary Angolan Nativism Kilombo and Community Memory: A Case Study The Concept of Quilombo and Black Cultural Resistance The Role of Women in Brazilian Quilombos: Resistance and Life [Project] Kilombo Part IV Black Aesthetics, Spirituality, Subjectivity, and the Cosmic Introduction: The Body, Territory, the Spiritual, Immaterial, and the Ancestral Femme Erecta The Slave Quarters Seen from the Big House The Slaves Seen by the Masters: Merchandise and Counterculture in National Cinema What They Call Culture What They Call Culture Letter from Santa Catarina Letter from Santa Catarina Cultures in Dialogue Portugal Angola Angola Study in E Major, Opus 10 No. 3 Zumbi of Palmares The First Great Loss: Grandma’s Death Final Section On Beatriz Nascimento: A Conversation between Bethânia N. F. Gomes, Archie Davies, and Christen A. Smith Afterword, in the Guise of a Postface Biographical glossary Chronology Index Collected writings by one of the most influential Black Brazilian intellectuals of the twentieth century Beatriz Nascimento (1942–1995) was a poet, historian, artist, and political leader in Brazil’s Black movement, an innovative and creative thinker whose work offers a radical reimagining of gender, space, politics, and spirituality around the Atlantic and across the Black diaspora. Her powerful voice still resonates today, reflecting a deep commitment to political organizing, revisionist historiography, and the lived experience of Black women. The Dialectic Is in the Sea is the first English-language collection of writings by this vitally important figure in the global tradition of Black radical thought. The Dialectic Is in the Sea traces the development of Nascimento’s thought across the decades of her activism and writing, covering topics such as the Black woman, race and Brazilian society, Black freedom, and Black aesthetics and spirituality. Incisive introductory and analytical essays provide key insights into the political and historical context of Nascimento’s work. This engaging collection includes an essay by Bethânia Gomes, Nascimento’s only daughter, who shares illuminating and uniquely personal insights into her mother’s life and career.