The sorcery of color [[electronic resource] ] : identity, race, and gender in Brazil / / Elisa Larkin Nascimento
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Nascimento Elisa Larkin
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The sorcery of color [[electronic resource] ] : identity, race, and gender in Brazil / / Elisa Larkin Nascimento
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.800981 |
| Soggetto topico: | Black people - Brazil - Social conditions |
| Black people - Brazil - Politics and government | |
| Racism - Brazil | |
| Sexism - Brazil | |
| Theater and society - Brazil | |
| Sex role - Social aspects - Brazil | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Brazil Race relations |
| Brazil Civilization African influences | |
| Note generali: | Translated from the Portuguese. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-316) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Kabengele Munanga; Introduction; Identity, Race, and Gender; Brazil and the Making of Virtual Whiteness; Constructing and Deconstructing the "Crazy Creole"; Another History: Afro-Brazilian Agency (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, 1914-1960); The Black Experimental Theater: Plots, Texts, and Actors; Concluding Remarks: The Priority of Education; Notes; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Brazilian Words; Bibliographical Note to the English Edition; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Originally published in 2003 in Portuguese, The Sorcery of Color argues that there are longstanding and deeply-rooted relationships between racial and gender inequalities in Brazil. In this pioneering book, Elisa Larkin Nascimento examines the social and cultural movements that have attempted, since the early twentieth century, to challenge and eradicate these conjoined inequalities.The book's title describes the social sleight-of-hand that disguises the realities of Brazilian racial inequity. According to Nascimento, anyone who speaks of racism-or merely refers to ano |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The sorcery of color |
| ISBN: | 1-281-29906-5 |
| 9786611299064 | |
| 1-59213-352-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781827103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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