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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796643103321

Autore

Ribeiro Corossacz Valeria

Titolo

White middle-class men in Rio de Janeiro : the making of a dominant subject / / Valeria Ribeiro Corossacz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-4643-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 pages)

Collana

Latin American Gender and Sexualities

Disciplina

305.310981

Soggetti

Middle class white people - Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - Social conditions

Middle class men - Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - Social conditions

Men, White - Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - Social conditions

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Race relations

Brazil

Brazil Rio de Janeiro

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Dominant Subject -- 2 An Unusual Research Topic -- 3 Unspoken Whiteness -- 4 Learning Domination -- 5 Race, Class and Gender -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes experiences of upper-middle-class white men living in wealthy parts of Rio de Janeiro. The author investigates what it means to be classified as a white person and a man in a society that is known for its valorization of racial mixing and yet deeply structured by racism, class, and gender inequalities.