Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil
"A revealing and sharply observed dissection of how racism works 'on the ground' in Brazil."  --George Reid Andrews, author of Blacks and Whites in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1888-1988"This wonderfully engaging study explodes the myth of racial democracy in a pathbreaking analysis of Brazilian style."  --Karen Brodkin, author of How Jews Became White Folks"Twine offers one of the most sophisticated analyses to date of the intransigence of Brazilian racism. Her nuanced account of the complex interplay of gender, race, and class is particularly exciting. This book will have a powerful impact not only on the field of Brazilian racial studies, but on the whole burgeoning literature on the African Diaspora."  --Howard Winant, author of Racial Conditions: Politics, Theory, Comparisons