Dreaming Equality: Color, Race, and Racism in Urban Brazil
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In the 1933 publication The Masters and the Slaves, Brazilian scholar and novelist Gilberto Freyre challenged the racist ideas of his day by defending the "African contribution" to Brazil's culture. In so doing, he proposed that Brazil was relatively free of most forms of racial prejudice and could best be understood as a "racial democracy." Over time this view has grown into the popular myth that racism in Brazil is very mild or nonexistent...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813530008
ISBN13:9780813530000
Release Date:November 2001
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:278 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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