Orpheus and power
Subtitle: the Movimento negro of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, 1945-1988
By: Michael George Hanchard.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Blacks -- Race identity -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro.; Blacks -- Race identity -- Brazil -- São Paulo.; Brazil -- Race relations.; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Description: From recent data on disparities between Brazilian whites and non-whites in areas of health, education, and welfare, it is clear that vast racial inequalities do exist in Brazil, contrary to earlier assertions in race relations scholarship that the country is a "racial democracy." Here Michael George Hanchard explores the implications of this increasingly evident racial inequality, highlighting Afro-Brazilian attempts at mobilizing for civil rights and the powerful efforts of white elites to neutralize such attempts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-200) and index.