The sorcery of color : identity, race, and gender in Brazil / Elisa Larkin Nascimento.

Author/creator Nascimento, Elisa Larkin
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxii, 324 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Contentebrary
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Black people--Brazil. --Social conditions.
Black people--Brazil. --Politics and government.
Racism--Brazil.
Sexism--Brazil.
Theater and society--Brazil.
Sex role--Social aspects. --Brazil.
Brazil--Race relations.
Brazil--Civilization. --African influences.

Uniform titleSortilégio da cor. English
Contents Identity, race, and gender -- Brazil and the making of virtual whiteness -- Constructing and deconstructing the "Crazy Creole" -- Another History: Afro-Brazilian Agency: (Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, 1914-1960) -- The black experimental theater: Plots, texts, and actors -- Concluding remarks: the priority of education.
Review "Incorporating leading international scholarship on Pan Africanism and Afrocentric philosophy with the writing of Brazillian scholars, Nascimento presents a compelling feminist argument against the prevailing policy that denies the importance of race in favor of a purposefully vague concept of ethnicity confused with color."--Jacket
General noteTranslated from the Portuguese.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 295-316) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the Portuguese.
LCCN 2006010402
ISBN1592133509 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN9781592133505 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN1592133525 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN9781592133529 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN9781592133512 (pbk.)
ISBN1592133517 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks F2659.B53 N38513 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold