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Author:

Farfán-Santos, Elizabeth, author.

Title:

Black bodies, black rights : the politics of quilombolismo in contemporary Brazil / Elizabeth Farfán-Santos.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xx, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Blacks--Brazil--Politics and government.
Blacks--Brazil--Social conditions.
Blacks--Race identity--Brazil.
Blacks--Civil rights--Brazil.
Quilombos--Brazil.
Blacks.
Blacks--Civil rights.
Blacks--Political activity.
Blacks--Race identity.
Blacks--Social conditions.
Quilombos.
Brazil.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : a "problematic" field -- Black heroes : rewriting black resistance and quilombo history -- Black identities : conceiving blackness and quilombolismo -- Black lives : "we are quilombolas!" -- Black rights : documentation, proof, and authenticity -- Black justice : grande paraguacu and the growing fight for quilombola justice -- Conclusion -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

147730942X
9781477309421
1477309225
9781477309223

LCCN:

2015033635

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)