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Reimagining black difference and politics in Brazil from racial democracy to multiculturalism /

This book examines Black Brazilian political struggle in a moment characterized by the intermingling of post-racial ideologies and multicultural policies in the Americas.

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Main Authors: Da Costa, Alexandre Emboaba
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Centro Cultural Oraunmilaa Brazil
Blacks > Social conditions > Brazil
Blacks > Politics and government > Brazil
Ethnic studies > Brazil
Black & Asian studies > Brazil
Sociology > Brazil
Society
Brazil > Race relations > Political aspects
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137386342
Summary: This book examines Black Brazilian political struggle in a moment characterized by the intermingling of post-racial ideologies and multicultural policies in the Americas.
"Alexandre Emboaba da Costa writes with an academic rigor and rich ethnographic engagement that locate Brazilian policies of racial inclusion within an ongoing black activist critique of white cultural hegemony and struggle for epistemic decolonization. Reimaging Black Difference and Politics in Brazil foregrounds the cultural and political work of Centro Cultural Orunmila in Sao Paulo, which forces us to think about how Afro-Brazilians envisage and shape public policy aimed at social change and material equality. Da Costa's astute methodological approach speaks to the urgent need to look to
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137386335.
Carrier Form: 248 p. : 2 ill.
ISBN: 9781137386342 :
1137386347 :
CLC: D770.62
Contents: Introduction: Black Cultural Politics and Decoloniality without Guarantees 1. Post-Racial Ideology, Emergent Multiculturalisms, and the Contemporary Conjuncture of Racial Politics in Brazil 2. The Difference Orunmila Makes: Ancestralidade and the Past as Project 3. Afoxe Omo Orunmila: History, Culture, and Politics in Movement 4. Hip Hop and the Contemporary Politics of Ancestralidade 5. The Struggle to Decolonize Knowledge and Pedagogy 6. Contested Inclusions: Education Reforms and the Hyperconsciousness/negation of Race 7. Educator Experiences with Anti-Racist Pluriculturalismo Conclusion:

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