Race and the Politics of Knowledge Production : Diaspora and Black Transnational Scholarship in the United States and Brazil / edited by G. Mitchell-Walthour, E. Hordge-Freeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitchell-Walthour, G., Editor.

Hordge-Freeman, E., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Political sociology.

Ethnology--Latin America.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Communication.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Political Science.

Philosophy of Science.

Political Sociology.

Latin American Culture.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Local Subjects:

Political Science.

Philosophy of Science.

Political Sociology.

Latin American Culture.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this co-edited volume, Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour and Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman have invited contributors of African descent from the United States and Brazil to reflect on their multidimensional experiences in the field as researchers, collaborators, and allies to communities of color. Contributors promote an interdisciplinary perspective, as they represent the fields of sociology, political science, anthropology, and the humanities. They engage W.E.B. Du Bois' notion of 'second-sight,' which suggests that the unique positionality of Black researchers might provide them with advantages in their empirical observations and knowledge production. They expose the complex and contradictory efforts, discourses, and performances that Black researchers must use to implement and develop their community-centered research agenda. They illustrate that 'second-sight' is not inevitable but must be worked at and is sometimes not achieved in certain research and cultural contexts.

Contents:

In Pursuit of DuBois' "Second-Sight" through Diasporic Dialogues / Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman and Gladys Mitchell-Walthour

Thinking Comparatively about Black Women's Studies in the United States and Brazil : The Politics of Knowledge Production / Kia Lilly Caldwell

Race and Democracy in the Americas : The Project and Beyond : The Genesis of the Race & Democracy in The Americas Project / David Covin

Brokering Black Brazil or Fostering Global Citizenship? : Global Engagement that Empowers Black Brazilian Communities / Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman

Didn't Your Parents Like You? / Mojana Vargas

A (Black) American Trapped in a ('Non-Black') Brazilian Body : Reflections on Navigating Multiple Identities in International Fieldwork / Tiffany Joseph

Guess Who's Coming to Research? : A Political Scientist's Reflections on Race, Class and Gender in Brazil / Jaira Harrington

But You (Don't) Look Like an African American : African Diaspora Looking Relations between Brazil and the United States / Reighan Gillam

Changing Notions of Blackness in Field Research in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil / Gladys Mitchell-Walthour

Studying Black-White Couples in Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro / Chinyere Osuji

Living the African American way of life : Impressions and disillusions of an Afro-Brazilian Lady in the USA / Daniela F. Gomes da Silva

Increasing Resilience to Face Diversity : Race in Academic and Social Environments from rom Salvador to Los Angeles / Lucio Magano

Far Beyond "Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire" : Impressions of an Afro-Brazilian Cinematographer and Activist in Philadelphia / Gabriela Watson Aurazo

Toward A Future African Diasporic Approach to Research / Gladys Mitchell-Walthour and Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137553942

1137553944