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Black Bodies, Black Rights - The Politics of Quilombolismo in Contemporary Brazil (Paperback)
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Black Bodies, Black Rights - The Politics of Quilombolismo in Contemporary Brazil (Paperback)
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Under a provision in the Brazilian constitution, rural black
communities identified as the modern descendants of
quilombos-runaway slave communities-are promised land rights as a
form of reparations for the historic exclusion of blacks from land
ownership. The quilombo provision has been hailed as a success for
black rights; however, rights for quilombolas are highly
controversial and, in many cases, have led to violent land
conflicts. Although thousands of rural black communities have been
legally recognized, only a handful have received the rights they
were promised. Conflict over quilombola rights is widespread and
carries important consequences for race relations and political
representations of blackness in twenty-first century Brazil.
Drawing on a year of field research in a quilombola community,
Elizabeth Farfan-Santos explores how quilombo recognition has
significantly affected the everyday lives of those who experience
the often-complicated political process. Questions of identity,
race, and entitlement play out against a community's struggle to
prove its historical authenticity-and to gain the land and rights
they need to survive. This work not only demonstrates the lived
experience of a new, particular form of blackness in Brazil, but
also shows how blackness is being mobilized and reimagined to gain
social rights and political recognition. Black Bodies, Black Rights
thus represents an important contribution to the rapidly growing
interdisciplinary field of Afro-Latino studies.
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