{"product_id":"black-women-against-the-land-grab-9780816683246","title":"Black Women against the Land Grab","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the Gamboa de Baixo neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil’s city center, \u003cem\u003eBlack Women against the Land Grab\u003c\/em\u003e explores how black women’s views on development have radicalized local communities to demand justice and social change. Keisha-Khan Y. Perry describes the key role of local women activists in the citywide movement for land and housing rights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlack Women against the Land Grab\u003c\/i\u003e makes a unique and overdue contribution to our understanding of social movements in Brazil. In a bold intervention from the tendency to ignore women’s participation in struggles for land rights and access to basic resources, Keisha-Khan Y. Perry paints women as the categorical leaders in resisting ‘development’ plans that amount to expelling poor, black communities from their historical homes. Her long-term involvement with the Gamboa de Baixo community in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, and unabashed advocacy for their cause, results in an electrifying ethnography that showcases the wry humor and perceptive analyses of grassroot community activists.\" —Sarah Hautzinger, author of \u003ci\u003eViolence in the City of Women: Police and Batterers in Bahia, Brazil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlack Women against the Land Grab\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent treatment of the production of racialized space in Brazil. This book will be a useful contribution to future scholarship concerning anti-racist resistance and struggles for land and water across the black diaspora.\"—\u003ci\u003eAnthropological Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Obligatory reading for anybody interested in racism, grassroots politics, and the exclusionary effects of urban renewal.\"—\u003ci\u003eAntipode\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Essential.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stimulating and well-researched.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A real contribution to both social change and social justice research.\"—\u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is of central importance for those in the social sciences and humanities that are interested in the role of women in grassroots organizations.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Latin American Geography \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An invaluable contribution.\"—\u003ci\u003eCultural Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A detailed and moving book.\"—\u003ci\u003eEthnic and Racial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlack Women against the Land Grab\u003c\/i\u003e contains an enjoyable ethnography, and will be useful to scholars interested in the intersections between race and gentrification in Latin America.\"—\u003ci\u003eLuso-Brazilian Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An example of an empirical investigation conducted by a committed activist, a feature that provides the book with intensity and engagement from the author.\"—\u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Keisha-Khan Perry’s intimate look at the grassroots struggles of black women for urban land rights in Salvador, Bahia, is an important reminder of the need to examine the relationships between material need, personal identity, and political action.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Suitable for students of gender politics, Africana and cultural studies, and readers interested in land rights and land distribution.\"—\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Latin American Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Keisha-Khan Perry’s brilliant ethnography reveals not only the complexity of Brazil’s young democracy but also the interconnections among conceptions of gender, race, community, and 'development.'\"—\u003ci\u003eTransforming Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Well written, well organized, and accessible . . . a welcome read for both Brazilian specialists and a general public who may be interested in understanding why the World Cup and Olympic protests started in Brazil’s \u003ci\u003efavelas\u003c\/i\u003e (slums).\"—\u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Throughout \u003ci\u003eBlack Women against the Land Grab\u003c\/i\u003e, Perry provides thorough explanations of both the history and current state of the land rights conflict in Salvador, which clearly come from her background as a social scientist with theoretical interests in black feminism, critical race theory, and urban studies. She explores various examples of the intersectionality of race, gender, and class within the context of the Gamboa de Baixo neighborhood organization’s activities and, as a participant-observer, offers a unique perspective that combines detailed, firsthand accounts of the conflict with the contextualization of social scientific theories.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Oral History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is written in an accessible and engaging style and aptly contributes to intersectional analysis of race, gender, and class.\"—\u003ci\u003eHumanity and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Diasporic Blackness and Afro-Brazilian Agency\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Engendering the Grassroots\u003cb\u003e2. The Gendered Racial Logic of Spatial Exclusion\u003cb\u003e3. The Black Movement’s Foot Soldiers\u003cb\u003e4. Violent Policing and Disposing Urban Landscapes\u003cb\u003e5. “The Women Gather Crying”: Everyday Violence and Community\u003cb\u003e6. Politics Is a Women’s Thing\u003cb\u003eConclusion. Above the Asphalt: From the Margins to the Center of Black Diaspora Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405971661143,"sku":"9780816683246","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-women-against-the-land-grab-9780816683246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}