Description |
1 online resource (ix, 311 pages) |
Contents |
Political field alignments -- Making mestizajes -- Black movements in colorblind fields -- The multicultural alignment -- The racial equality alignment -- Navigating the ethno-racial state -- Unmaking black political subjects -- Rethinking race, rethinking movements |
Summary |
After decades of denying racism and underplaying cultural diversity, Latin American states began adopting transformative ethno-racial legislation in the late 1980s. In addition to symbolic recognition of Indigenous peoples and black populations, governments in the region created a more pluralistic model of citizenship and made significant reforms in the areas of land, health, education, and development policy. Becoming Black Political Subjects explores this shift from color blindness to ethno-racial legislation in two of the most important cases in the region: Colombia and Brazil. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research, Tianna Paschel shows how, over a short period, black movements and their claims went from being marginalized to become institutionalized into the law, state bureaucracies, and mainstream politics. The strategic actions of a small group of black activists--working in the context of domestic unrest and the international community's growing interest in ethno-racial issues--successfully brought about change. Paschel also examines the consequences of these reforms, including the institutionalization of certain ideas of blackness, the reconfiguration of black movement organizations, and the unmaking of black rights in the face of reactionary movements. Becoming Black Political Subjects offers important insights into the changing landscape of race and Latin American politics and provokes readers to adopt a more transnational and flexible understanding of social movements |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index |
Credits |
Jacket Art by Iléa Ferraz |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR platform, viewed February 5, 2024) |
Subject |
Black people -- Colombia -- Politics and government
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Black people -- Brazil -- Politics and government
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Black people -- Race identity -- Colombia
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Black people -- Race identity -- Brazil
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Identity politics -- Colombia
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Identity politics -- Brazil
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights.
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Black people -- Politics and government
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Black people -- Race identity
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Identity politics
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Politics and government
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SUBJECT |
Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1974- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028520
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Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016593
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Brazil -- Politics and government -- 2002-
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Brazil
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Colombia
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781400881079 |
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1400881072 |
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