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Brazil’s hidden slavery past uncovered at Valongo Wharf

2014-12-27

Brazil’s hidden slavery past uncovered at Valongo Wharf BBC News 2014-12-24 Julia Carneiro BBC Brasil, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro is a city looking to the future. Major development work is underway in the city’s historic port area as it prepares to host the Olympics in 2016. But the construction effort to make all…
Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present by Jeffrey Lesser (review)

2014-12-16

Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present by Jeffrey Lesser (review) Journal of Interdisciplinary History Volume 45, Number 3, Winter 2015 pages 449-451 Samuel L. Baily, Professor Emeritus of History Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Jeffrey Lesser, Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present (Cambridge,…
Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present

2014-12-15

Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present Cambridge University Press January 2013 219 pages 19 b/w illus. 1 map 19 tables 229 x 153 x 14 mm Hardback ISBN: 9780521193627 Paperback ISBN: 9780521145350 eBook ISBN: 9781139602723 Jeffrey Lesser, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Immigration, Ethnicity, and…
Is Parental Love Colorblind? Human Capital Accumulation within Mixed Families

2014-11-19

Is Parental Love Colorblind? Human Capital Accumulation within Mixed Families The Review of Black Political Economy 2014-07-04 DOI: 10.1007/s12114-014-9190-1 Marcos A. Rangel, Assistant Professor Sanford School of Public Policy Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Studies have shown that differences in wage-determinant skills between blacks and whites emerge during a child’s infancy, highlighting the roles of…
Mestizo Genomics: Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America

2014-11-09

Based on ethnographic research in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, the contributors to “Mestizo Genomics” explore how the concepts of race, ethnicity, nation, and gender enter into and are affected by genomic research.
Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America

2014-11-07

Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America University of North Carolina Press October 2014 320 pages 59 figs., 4 maps, 23 tables, notes, bibl., index 6.125 x 9.25 Paper ISBN: 978-1-4696-1783-1 Edward E. Telles, Professor of Sociology Princeton University and The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA) Princeton University Pigmentocracies—the fruit…
Discussing Race and Education in Brazil

2014-10-24

Discussing Race and Education in Brazil HASTAC: Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory 2014-09-12 Christina Davidson Department of History Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Yesterday at lunch, Maria Lúcia and I sat with a graduate of UFRRJ and an Educação a Distancia tutor for the university, who was headed to the Universidade Federal…
Divergence or Convergence in the U.S. and Brazil: Understanding Race Relations Through White Family Reactions to Black-White Interracial Couples

2014-10-16

Divergence or Convergence in the U.S. and Brazil: Understanding Race Relations Through White Family Reactions to Black-White Interracial Couples Qualitative Sociology March 2014, Volume 37, Issue 1 pages 93-115 DOI: 10.1007/s11133-013-9268-2 Chinyere Osuji, Assistant Professor of Sociology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden Different approaches to race mixture in the U.S. and Brazil…
Racial ‘Boundary-policing’: Perceptions of Black-White Interracial Couples in Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro

2014-10-16

Racial ‘Boundary-policing’: Perceptions of Black-White Interracial Couples in Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race Volume 10 / Issue 01 / Spring 2013 pages 179-203 DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X13000118 Chinyere K. Osuji, Assistant Professor of Sociology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden As people who cross racial boundaries…
Confronting whitening in an era of black consciousness: racial ideology and black-white interracial marriages in Rio de Janeiro

2014-10-15

Confronting whitening in an era of black consciousness: racial ideology and black-white interracial marriages in Rio de Janeiro Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 36, Issue 10, 2013 Special Issue: Rethinking Race, Racism, Identity, and Ideology in Latin America pages 1490-1506 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.783926 Chinyere Osuji, Assistant Professor of Sociology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,…

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