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Black Women against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil

2013 Regents of the University of Minnesota ;ISBN: 9780816683246 ;ISBN: 0816683247 ;EISBN: 9780816687978 ;EISBN: 0816687978 ;OCLC: 862745988 ;LCCallNum: HQ1236.5.B6P47 2013

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  • Title:
    Black Women against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil
  • Author: Perry, Keisha-Khan Y
  • Subjects: Anthropology ; Black Studies (Global) ; Blacks ; Brazil ; Cultural ; Political activity ; Politics and government ; Salvador ; Salvador (Brazil) ; Social conditions ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Urban poor ; Urban renewal ; Women, Black
  • Description: In Brazil and throughout the African diaspora, black women, especially poor black women, are rarely considered leaders of social movements let alone political theorists. But in the northeastern city of Salvador, Brazil, it is these very women who determine how urban policies are established. Focusing on the Gamboa de Baixo neighborhood in Salvador's city center,Black Women against the Land Grabexplores how black women's views on development have radicalized local communities to demand justice and social change. InBlack Women against the Land Grab, Keisha-Khan Y. Perry describes the key role of local women activists in the citywide movement for land and housing rights. She reveals the importance of geographic location for understanding the gendered aspects of urban renewal and the formation of black women-led social movements. How have black women shaped the politics of urban redevelopment, Perry asks, and what does this kind of political intervention tell us about black women's agency? Her work uncovers the ways in which political labor at the neighborhood level is central to the mass mobilization of black people against institutional racism and for citizenship rights and resources in Brazil. Highlighting the political life of black communities, specifically those in urban contexts often represented as socially pathological and politically bankrupt,Black Women against the Land Graboffers a valuable corrective to how we think about politics and about black women, particularly poor black women, as a political force.
  • Publisher: Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
  • Creation Date: 2013
  • Format: 224
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780816683246
    ISBN: 0816683247
    EISBN: 9780816687978
    EISBN: 0816687978
    OCLC: 862745988
    LCCallNum: HQ1236.5.B6P47 2013
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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