{"product_id":"back-to-black-racial-reclassification-and-political-identity-formation-in-brazil-hardback-9781009472395","title":"Back to Black; Racial Reclassification and Political Identity Formation in Brazil (Hardback) 9781009472395","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBack to Black\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRacial Reclassification and Political Identity Formation in Brazil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book documents and explains an underexamined paradigm shift in Brazil's racial politics and subjectivity in recent decades.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid De Micheli (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009472395, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e318 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In Back to Black, David De Micheli convincingly documents Brazil's surge in non-white racial identification and asks how this counter-intuitive 'reclassification reversal' occurred. His persuasive argument is that egalitarian social policies interact with and challenge racial hierarchies in ways that promote politicized group consciousness - even in a context of significant racial fluidity like Brazil. Evidence from multiple sources - including interviews, extensive field work, original survey experiments, administrative and survey data - demonstrates how massive state-led educational expansion produced a cascade of (unplanned) consequences that activated black and brown identities and transformed how these identities map onto politics. This groundbreaking contribution helps set a new agenda for comparative race and ethnic politics research, placing ethnoracial group formation at the center of our understandings of political contestation in Latin America.' Jana Morgan, Professor, University of Tennessee\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAs Latin America's flagship 'racial democracy,' Brazil is famous for its history of race mixture and fluid racial boundaries. Traditionally, scholars have emphasized that this fluidity has often led to whitening, where individuals seek classification in white, or lighter, racial categories. Yet, Back to Black documents a sudden reversal in this trend, showing instead that individuals are increasingly opting to identify with darker, and especially black, racial categories. Drawing on a wealth of quantitative and qualitative data, David De Micheli attributes this sudden reversal to the state's efforts at expanding access to education for the lower classes. By unleashing waves of upward mobility, greater education increased individuals' personal exposure to racial hierarchies and inequalities and led many to develop racial consciousness, further encouraging black identification. The book highlights how social citizenship institutions and social structures can work together to affect processes of identity politicization and the contestation of inequalities.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The puzzle of racial reclassification\u003cbr\u003e 3. Theory: racial reclassification as political identity formation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Education as a mechanism of exposure\u003cbr\u003e 5. Education and reclassification: testing the hypothesis\u003cbr\u003e 6. Affirmative action and reclassification\u003cbr\u003e 7. Implications for national politics\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. supplementary information to chapters two and three\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. supplementary information to chapter four\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D. supplementary information to chapter five\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C. supplementary information to chapter six\u003cbr\u003e Appendix E. supplementary information to chapter seven.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Constitution: government \u0026amp; the state [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Constitution: government \u0026amp; the state\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Constitution:%20government%20\u0026amp;%20the%20state%20%5BJPHC%5D%22\"\u003eJPHC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414077960472,"sku":"9781009472395","price":66.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009472395i.jpg?v=1784336846","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/back-to-black-racial-reclassification-and-political-identity-formation-in-brazil-hardback-9781009472395","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}