{"product_id":"black-bodies-black-rights-9781477309421","title":"Black Bodies Black Rights","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder a provision in the Brazilian constitution, rural black communities identified as the modern descendants of quilombos—runaway slave communities—are promised land rights as a form of reparations for the historic exclusion of blacks from land ownership. The quilombo provision has been hailed as a success for black rights; however, rights for quilombolas are highly controversial and, in many cases, have led to violent land conflicts. Although thousands of rural black communities have been legally recognized, only a handful have received the rights they were promised. Conflict over quilombola rights is widespread and carries important consequences for race relations and political representations of blackness in twenty-first century Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a year of field research in a quilombola community, Elizabeth Farfán-Santos explores how quilombo recognition has significantly affected the everyday lives of those who experience the often-complicated politica\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] brilliantly researched and argued book…a much-needed investigation of the differences between how state actors understand ideas of black land rights and how an Afro-Brazilian community effectively makes space on their own terms and in the process maintains a centuries-long commitment to sustaining themselves amidst racialized poverty.\" * AAG Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlack Bodies, Black Rights\u003c\/i\u003e is…a case study of bureaucracy, race, power, and wealth in contemporary Brazil. For anyone who wants an illuminating look at these phenomena at the grass-roots level, this is the book to read.\" * Bulletin of Latin American Research *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Acronyms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: A “Problematic” Field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Black Heroes: Rewriting Black Resistance and Quilombo History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Black Identities: Conceiving Blackness and Quilombolismo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Black Lives: \"We Are Quilombolas!\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Black Rights: Documentation, Proof, and Authenticity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Black Justice: Grande Paraguaçu and the Growing Fight for Quilombola Justice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408945291607,"sku":"9781477309421","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477309421.jpg?v=1730504807","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-bodies-black-rights-9781477309421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}