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  • Triangular Mirrors and Moving Colonialisms

    Triangular Mirrors and Moving Colonialisms Etnográfica Volume 6, Number 1 (2002) pages 127-140 Anani Dzidzienyo, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Portuguese & Brazilian Studies Brown University Though there does not exist an undifferentiated colonialism category because of specificities relating to historical time conjunctions, the interfacing of such conjunctions with metropolitan projects, and the modalities…

  • Passing for what? Aspects of Identity in Nella Larsen’s Novels

    Passing for what? Aspects of Identity in Nella Larsen’s Novels Black American Literature Forum Volume 20, Number 1/2 (Spring-Summer, 1986) pages 97-111 Cheryl A. Wall, Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English Rutgers University True, she was attractive, unusual, in an exotic, almost savage way, but she wasn’t one of them. —Quicksand (124)…

  • Obama election stokes debate over what is biracial

    Heather Curry believes President Barack Obama is denying his white heritage by identifying himself as African-American.

  • Skin Bleaching and Global White Supremacy: By Way of Introduction

    As an introduction to this Special Issue of The Journal of Pan African Studies focusing on skin bleaching and global White supremacy, the purpose of this paper is to critically examine the symbolic significance of whiteness, particularly for and among African people, by outlining the history of global White supremacy, both politically and ideologically, discussing…

  • Race Matters: Race, Telenovela Representation, and Discourse in Contemporary Brazil

    Race Matters: Race, Telenovela Representation, and Discourse in Contemporary Brazil University of Iowa May 2010 193 pages Samantha Nogueira Joyce A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Communication Studies in the Graduate College of The University of Iowa In Race Matters: Race, Telenovela Representation, and Discourse…

  • How the Movies Made a President

    How the Movies Made a President The New York Times 2009-01-16 Manohla Dargis A. O. Scott Barack Obama’s victory in November demonstrated, to the surprise of many Americans and much of the world, that we were ready to see a black man as president. Of course, we had seen several black presidents already, not in…

  • Race and History in Brazil (Denying Brazil / Aleijadinho: Passion, Glory and Torment)

    Race and History in Brazil (Denying Brazil / Aleijadinho: Passion, Glory and Torment) Facets Multi-Media 2000 (Release date 2011-02-22) 192 minutes Brazil Product Code: DV100942 (2-DVD set) Joel Zito Araújo Geraldo Santos Pereira   Race and its impact on the art and history of Brazil are highlighted in this two-disc set. Joel Zito Araújo’s documentary…

  • Professor Mary Beltrán to be Featured Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat

    Professor Mary Beltrán to be Featured Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (Founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox, Heidi W. Durrow and Jennifer Frappier Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #255 Professor Mary Beltrán When: Wednesday, 2012-05-09, 21:00Z (17:00 EDT, 14:00 PDT) Mary C. Beltrán, Associate…

  • The Land of Miscegenation: Is the Racial Democracy Theory in Brazil a Myth?

    The Land of Miscegenation: Is the Racial Democracy Theory in Brazil a Myth? Morgan State University May 2005 86 pages Publication Number: AAT 1430902 ISBN: 9780542025518 Makini Ramisi Chaka A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts This research is designed to show that Brazil’s racial democracy theory,…

  • Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, Fourth Edition

    Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, Fourth Edition Continuum Press 2001-10-24 (First published in 1973) 480 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780826412676 Donald Bogle, Film Historian Winner of the 1973 Theatre Library Association Award Completely updated to include the entire twentieth century, this new fourth edition covers all the…