Black bodies, black rights
Subtitle: the politics of quilombolismo in contemporary Brazil
By: Elizabeth Farfán-Santos
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781477309223; 9781477309421; 9781477309230; 9781477309247
Subjects: Quilombos; Race identity; Blacks; Social conditions; Civil rights; Political activity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a "problematic" field; title: Black heroes : rewriting black resistance and quilombo history; title: Black identities : conceiving blackness and quilombolismo; title: Black lives : "we are quilombolas!"; title: Black rights : documentation, proof, and authenticity; title: Black justice : grande paraguaìu and the growing fight for quilombola justice; title: Conclusion; title: Epilogue.