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For Land and Liberty - Black Struggles in Rural Brazil (Hardcover)
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For Land and Liberty - Black Struggles in Rural Brazil (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
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For Land and Liberty is a comparative study of the history and
contemporary circumstances concerning Brazil's quilombos
(African-descent rural communities) and their inhabitants, the
quilombolas. The book examines the disposition of quilombola claims
to land as a site of contestation over citizenship and its meanings
for Afro-descendants, as well as their connections to the broader
fight against racism. Contrary to the narrative that quilombola
identity is a recent invention, constructed for the purpose of
qualifying for opportunities made possible by the 1988 law, Bowen
argues that quilombola claims are historically and locally rooted.
She examines the ways in which state actors have colluded with
large landholders and modernization schemes to appropriate quilombo
land, and further argues that, even when granted land titles,
quilombolas face challenges issuing from systemic racism. By
analyzing the quilombo movement and local initiatives, this book
offers fresh perspectives on the resurgence of movements,
mobilization, and resistance in Brazil.
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