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Black Bodies, Black Rights : The Politics of Quilombolismo in Contemporary Brazil / Elizabeth Farfán-Santos.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (196 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781477309230
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.896/081 23
LOC classification:
  • F2659.N4 F375 2016
  • F2659.N4 F375 2016
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface La Negra Tomasa -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction A “Problematic” Field -- Chapter One. Black Heroes: Rewriting Black Resistance and Quilombo History -- Chapter Two. Black Identities: Conceiving Blackness and Quilombolismo -- Chapter Three. Black Lives: “We Are Quilombolas!” -- Chapter Four. Black Rights: Documentation, Proof, and Authenticity -- Chapter Five. Black Justice: Grande Paraguaçu and the Growing Fight for Quilombola Justice -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: Under a provision in the Brazilian constitution, rural black communities identified as the modern descendants of quilombos—runaway slave communities—are promised land rights as a form of reparations for the historic exclusion of blacks from land ownership. The quilombo provision has been hailed as a success for black rights; however, rights for quilombolas are highly controversial and, in many cases, have led to violent land conflicts. Although thousands of rural black communities have been legally recognized, only a handful have received the rights they were promised. Conflict over quilombola rights is widespread and carries important consequences for race relations and political representations of blackness in twenty-first century Brazil. Drawing on a year of field research in a quilombola community, Elizabeth Farfán-Santos explores how quilombo recognition has significantly affected the everyday lives of those who experience the often-complicated political process. Questions of identity, race, and entitlement play out against a community’s struggle to prove its historical authenticity—and to gain the land and rights they need to survive. This work not only demonstrates the lived experience of a new, particular form of blackness in Brazil, but also shows how blackness is being mobilized and reimagined to gain social rights and political recognition. Black Bodies, Black Rights thus represents an important contribution to the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of Afro-Latino studies.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface La Negra Tomasa -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction A “Problematic” Field -- Chapter One. Black Heroes: Rewriting Black Resistance and Quilombo History -- Chapter Two. Black Identities: Conceiving Blackness and Quilombolismo -- Chapter Three. Black Lives: “We Are Quilombolas!” -- Chapter Four. Black Rights: Documentation, Proof, and Authenticity -- Chapter Five. Black Justice: Grande Paraguaçu and the Growing Fight for Quilombola Justice -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index

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Under a provision in the Brazilian constitution, rural black communities identified as the modern descendants of quilombos—runaway slave communities—are promised land rights as a form of reparations for the historic exclusion of blacks from land ownership. The quilombo provision has been hailed as a success for black rights; however, rights for quilombolas are highly controversial and, in many cases, have led to violent land conflicts. Although thousands of rural black communities have been legally recognized, only a handful have received the rights they were promised. Conflict over quilombola rights is widespread and carries important consequences for race relations and political representations of blackness in twenty-first century Brazil. Drawing on a year of field research in a quilombola community, Elizabeth Farfán-Santos explores how quilombo recognition has significantly affected the everyday lives of those who experience the often-complicated political process. Questions of identity, race, and entitlement play out against a community’s struggle to prove its historical authenticity—and to gain the land and rights they need to survive. This work not only demonstrates the lived experience of a new, particular form of blackness in Brazil, but also shows how blackness is being mobilized and reimagined to gain social rights and political recognition. Black Bodies, Black Rights thus represents an important contribution to the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of Afro-Latino studies.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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