The Politics of Blackness: Racial Identity and Political Behavior in Contemporary Brazil (Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity)

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. "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. Uses an intersectional approach that allows readers to understand how race, class, gender, and aesthetics shape Afro-Brazilian political behavior; Appeals to social scientists using quantitative and qualitative methods to study race, gender, group behavior, and politics; Develops a theory of racial spatiality that gives readers a bottom-up understanding of political representation and its reliance on everyday Afro-Brazilian citizens" -- From the publisher "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. Uses an intersectional approach that allows readers to understand how race, class, gender, and aesthetics shape Afro-Brazilian political behavior; Appeals to social scientists using quantitative and qualitative methods to study race, gender, group behavior, and politics; Develops a theory of racial spatiality that gives readers a bottom-up understanding of political representation and its reliance on everyday Afro-Brazilian citizens"--De l'éditeur 10.0000@www.cambridge.org@340522172C162FF751F0141966C5CEDE 1 10.0000@www.cambridge.org@E866257A9D41BCBF70423E54B1F8EC61 5 10.0000@www.cambridge.org@1479460329F989330BB7D4AB860B96F4 7 10.0000@www.cambridge.org@39C81035D058822E09C706399987B50F 8 10.0000@www.cambridge.org@5A6CFBAFA09C774716509514175AC861 9 10.0000@www.cambridge.org@CD541F7C0D002F80012894364E992C5B 13 10.0000@www.cambridge.org@4BDE971B1BC1F0BC143F6920D18A37B2 14 introduction 17 afrobrazilian-political-underrepresentation 59 blackness-and-racial-identification-in-contemporary-brazil 109 negro-group-attachment-in-brazil 160 negro-linked-fate-and-racial-policies 192 afrodescendants-perceptions-of-discrimination-and-support-foraff 210 the-racialization-of-political-events 231 20052006-survey-of-political-opinion-racial-attitudes-and-candid 240 references 264 10.0000@www.cambridge.org@5EB9F52FCC543A653E3340C273306E44 279 This book uses an intersectional approach to analyze the impact the experience race has on Afro-Brazilian political behavior and the race-based vision of politics in the cities of Salvador, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. It emphasizes the importance of focusing on how discrimination affects individual and group political behavior. This book uses an intersectional approach to analyze the impact the experience race has on Afro-Brazilian political behavior and the race-based vision of politics in the cities of Salvador, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. It emphasizes the importance of focusing on how discrimination affects individual and group political behavior. Afro-Brazilian political underrepresentation -- Blackness and racial identification in contemporary Brazil -- Negro group attachment in Brazil -- Negro linked fate and racial policies -- Afro-descendant perceptions of discrimination and support for affirmative action -- Conclusion: the racialization of political events