Title Becoming black political subjects : movements and ethno-racial rights in Colombia and Brazil / Tianna S. Paschel

Published Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016] ©2016

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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 Black people -- Brazil -- Politics and government Black people -- Race identity -- Colombia Black people -- Race identity -- Brazil Identity politics -- Colombia Identity politics -- Brazil SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights. Black people -- Politics and government Black people -- Race identity Identity politics Politics and government SUBJECT Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1974- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028520 Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1985-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016593 Brazil -- Politics and government -- 2002- Subject Brazil Colombia Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400881079 1400881072

Other Titles Movements and ethno-racial rights in Colombia and Brazil

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