Race in another America : the significance of skin color in Brazil /

Race in another America : the significance of skin color in Brazil /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Telles, Edward Eric, 1956-
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Description:	ix, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Racism -- Brazil -- History. Miscegenation -- Brazil -- History. Blacks -- Race identity -- Brazil. Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Brazil. Blacks -- Race identity. Miscegenation. Race discrimination -- Law and legislation. Race relations. Racism. Brazil -- Race relations. Brazil. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8370703

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Varying Form of Title:	Significance of skin color in Brazil
ISBN:	0691127921 (pbk.) 9780691127927 (pbk.)
Notes:	Originally published: 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust
Summary:	"This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the increasingly important and controversial subject of race relations in Brazil. Brazilians have commonly compared themselves with North Americans, and have traditionally argued that race relations in Brazil are far more harmonious because the country encourages race mixture rather than formal or informal segregation. More recently, however, scholars have challenged this national myth, seeking to show that race relations are characterized by exclusion, not inclusion, and that fair-skinned Brazilians continue to be privileged and hold a disproportionate share of wealth and power. In this sociological and demographic study, Edward Telles seeks to understand the reality of race in Brazil and how well it squares with these traditional and revisionist views of race relations."--Book cover.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
From white supremacy to racial democracy
From racial democracy to affirmative action
Racial classification
Racial inequality and development
Racial discrimination
Intermarriage
Residential segregation
Rethinking Brazilian race relations
Designing appropriate policies.