Racial revolutions : antiracism and Indian resurgence in Brazil / Jonathan W. Warren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warren, Jonathan W.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Latin America otherwise.

Latin America otherwise

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Brazil--Ethnic identity.

Indians of South America.

Indians of South America--Mixed descent--Brazil.

Indians of South America--Brazil--Social conditions.

Indians, Treatment of--Brazil--History.

Indians, Treatment of.

Brazil--Race relations.

Brazil.

Brazil--Ethnic relations.

Brazil--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first analysis of a new phenomenon in Brazil, wherein a growing number of mestizos are asserting Indian identities, and racial politics and understandings of race formation have radically shifted.

Contents:

1. Posttraditional Indians

2. Methodological Reflections

3. The State of Indian Exorcism

4. Racial Stocks and Brazilian Bonds

5. Prophetic Christianity, Indigenous Mobilization

6. The Common Sense of Racial Formation

7. Indian Judges

8. Contesting White Supremacy

Epilogue

Appendix A: Questionnaire, 1995-1997

Appendix B: Questionnaire, 1992-1994

Appendix C: Biographical Data of Indian Interviewees

Appendix D: Biographical Data of Non-Indian Interviewees.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-351) and index.

ISBN:

9786612903960

9781282903968

1282903969

9780822381303

0822381303

OCLC:

850214638