04004nam 22005175 450 991015468550332120220316215501.00-520-96715-110.1525/9780520967151(CKB)3710000000971803(MiAaPQ)EBC4770179(StDuBDS)EDZ0001740195(DE-B1597)520408(OCoLC)1058474227(DE-B1597)9780520967151(EXLCZ)99371000000097180320200424h20162016 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRace and the Brazilian body Blackness, Whiteness, and everyday language in Rio de Janeiro /Jennifer Roth-GordonBerkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (245 pages)Previously issued in print: 2016.0-520-29379-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Brazil's "Comfortable Racial Contradiction" --2. "Good" Appearances Race, Language, and Citizenship --3. Investing in Whiteness Middle-Class Practices of Linguistic Discipline --4. Fears of Racial Contact Crime, Violence, and the Struggle over Urban Space --5. Avoiding Blackness The Flip Side of Boa Aparência --6. Making the Mano The Uncomfortable Visibility of Blackness in Politically Conscious Brazilian Hip-Hop --Conclusion "Seeing" Race --Notes --References --IndexBased on spontaneous conversations of shantytown youth hanging out on the streets of their neighborhoods and interviews from the comfortable living rooms of the middle class, Jennifer Roth-Gordon shows how racial ideas permeate the daily lives of Rio de Janeiro's residents across race and class lines. Race and the Brazilian Body weaves together the experiences of these two groups to explore what the author calls Brazil's "comfortable racial contradiction," where embedded structural racism that privileges whiteness exists alongside a deeply held pride in the country's history of racial mixture and lack of overt racial conflict. This linguistic and ethnographic account describes how cariocas (people who live in Rio de Janeiro) "read" the body for racial signs. The amount of whiteness or blackness a body displays is determined not only through observations of phenotypical features-including skin color, hair texture, and facial features-but also through careful attention paid to cultural and linguistic practices, including the use of nonstandard speech commonly described as gíria (slang). Vivid scenes from daily interactions illustrate how implicit social and racial imperatives encourage individuals to invest in and display whiteness (by demonstrating a "good appearance"), avoid blackness (a preference challenged by rappers and hip-hop fans), and "be cordial" (by not noticing racial differences). Roth-Gordon suggests that it is through this unspoken racial etiquette that Rio residents determine who belongs on the world famous beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon; who deserves to shop in privatized, carefully guarded, air conditioned shopping malls; and who merits the rights of citizenship.Black peopleRace identityBrazilRio de JaneiroHuman skin colorSocial aspectsBrazilRio de JaneiroBlack peopleLanguageSocial aspectsBrazilBrazilEthnic relationsBlack peopleRace identityHuman skin colorSocial aspectsBlack peopleLanguageSocial aspects305.800981Roth-Gordon Jenniferauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1075946DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910154685503321Race and the Brazilian Body2585854UNINA