Becoming Black Political Subjects
Movements and Ethno-Racial Rights in Colombia and Brazil
Seiten
2018
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18075-5 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18075-5 (ISBN)
After decades of denying racism and underplaying cultural diversity, Latin American states began adopting transformative ethno-racial legislation in the late 1980s. In addition to symbolic recognition of indigenous peoples and black populations, governments in the region created a more pluralistic model of citizenship and made significant reforms in the areas of land, health, education, and development policy. Becoming Black Political Subjects explores this shift from color blindness to ethno-racial legislation in two of the most important cases in the region: Colombia and Brazil.
Drawing on archival and ethnographic research, Tianna Paschel shows how, over a short period, black movements and their claims went from being marginalized to become institutionalized into the law, state bureaucracies, and mainstream politics. The strategic actions of a small group of black activists—working in the context of domestic unrest and the international community's growing interest in ethno-racial issues—successfully brought about change. Paschel also examines the consequences of these reforms, including the institutionalization of certain ideas of blackness, the reconfiguration of black movement organizations, and the unmaking of black rights in the face of reactionary movements.
Becoming Black Political Subjects offers important insights into the changing landscape of race and Latin American politics and provokes readers to adopt a more transnational and flexible understanding of social movements.
Drawing on archival and ethnographic research, Tianna Paschel shows how, over a short period, black movements and their claims went from being marginalized to become institutionalized into the law, state bureaucracies, and mainstream politics. The strategic actions of a small group of black activists—working in the context of domestic unrest and the international community's growing interest in ethno-racial issues—successfully brought about change. Paschel also examines the consequences of these reforms, including the institutionalization of certain ideas of blackness, the reconfiguration of black movement organizations, and the unmaking of black rights in the face of reactionary movements.
Becoming Black Political Subjects offers important insights into the changing landscape of race and Latin American politics and provokes readers to adopt a more transnational and flexible understanding of social movements.
Tianna S. Paschel is assistant professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
List of Organizations vii
1 Political Field Alignments 1
2 Making Mestizajes 28
3 Black Movements in Colorblind Fields 47
4 The Multicultural Alignment 81
5 The Racial Equality Alignment 117
6 Navigating the Ethno-Racial State 153
7 Unmaking Black Political Subjects 189
8 Rethinking Race, Rethinking Movements 220
Methodological Appendix 239
Notes 249
References 279
Acknowledgments 297
Index 303
Erscheinungsdatum | 12.04.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | 1 b/w illus., 4 tables |
Verlagsort | New Jersey |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-691-18075-X / 069118075X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-18075-5 / 9780691180755 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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