The Politics of Blackness
Racial Identity and Political Behavior in Contemporary Brazil

This book examines Afro-Brazilian individual and group identity and political behavior, and develops a theory of racial spatiality of Afro-Brazilian underrepresentation.

Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour (Author)

9781107186101, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 December 2017

282 pages, 5 b/w illus. 7 maps 62 tables
23.6 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.52 kg

'… a very nicely executed work, a challenging contribution that will inspire additional research in this field.' Minion K. C. Morrison, Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

This book uses an intersectional approach to analyze the impact of the experience of race on Afro-Brazilian political behavior in the cities of Salvador, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. Using a theoretical framework that takes into account racial group attachment and the experience of racial discrimination, it seeks to explain Afro-Brazilian political behavior with a focus on affirmative action policy and Law 10.639 (requiring that African and Afro-Brazilian history be taught in schools). It fills an important gap in studies of Afro-Brazilian underrepresentation by using an intersectional framework to examine the perspectives of everyday citizens. The book will be an important reference for scholars and students interested in the issue of racial politics in Latin America and beyond.

Introduction
1. Afro-Brazilian political underrepresentation
2. Blackness and racial identification in contemporary Brazil
3. Negro group attachment in Brazil
4. Negro linked fate and racial policies
5. Afro-descendant perceptions of discrimination and support for affirmative action.

Subject Areas: Microeconomics [KCC], Politics & government [JP], Sociology [JHB], Hispanic & Latino studies [JFSL4]