{"product_id":"hotel-tropico-9780822348559","title":"Hotel Trópico","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe attempts by Brazilian diplomats and intellectuals to establish ties with Africa during and after decolonization reveal the contradictions in Brazils idea of itself as a racial democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is no standard diplomatic history. It falls within the genre of work—mostly related to the study of US foreign relations—that seeks to show how domestic race relations have left a profound mark on the conduct of foreign policy. . . . [A] well-written and insightful book. . . .” - Philip Chrimes,\u003ci\u003e International Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his is a solidly researched and colourfully written study, and its broad geographical and thematic scope should appeal to a wide readership both within and beyond the confines of Afro- and Luso-Brazilian studies.” - Ori Preuss,\u003ci\u003e Journal of Latin American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jerry Dávila's insightful and very well-written book has arrived at an opportune moment. . . . The considerable strengths of\u003ci\u003e Hotel Trópico\u003c\/i\u003e rest on Dávila's solid prior scholarship on Brazil's race relations, unprecedented access to comparatively recent Brazilian diplomatic and Portuguese governmental archives, extended interviews with key players over five years, and broad institutional and collegial ties in several countries. The research is meticulous and copiously documented, the argumentation is skillful and clear, and the style is lively, detailed and almost novelistic in its narrative.” - Wayne A. Selcher, \u003ci\u003eThe Americas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At a time when Brazil is garnering widespread attention as a global economic and geopolitical power, this book provides an indispensable historical framework to understand the conditions that have led to this status. Africa in fact served as a platform for Brazil to assert itself as an emerging world power in the 1960s. Dávila offers one of the most sophisticated and in-depth analyses of Brazil-Africa relations to date. One of the highlights of his book are the interviews, which capture quite vividly the complicated nexus among affect, culture, race, myth, desire, memory, and foreign policy.” - Fernando Arenas, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jerry Dávila has transformed the history of Brazil’s diplomatic initiatives in Africa during the era of decolonization, not only adding depth and fascinating detail to this story but also showing how the pursuit of a special Brazil-Africa relationship both drew upon Brazil’s claims to be a ‘racially democratic’ nation and laid bare the contradictions in those claims.”—\u003cb\u003eBarbara Weinstein\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eFor Social Peace in Brazil: Industrialists and the Remaking of the Working Class in São Paulo, 1920–1964\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Hotel Trópico\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb book. It takes on broad themes such as race and imperialism, modifies much of the current knowledge about Brazil’s dictatorship, and suggests a reevaluation of that form of government in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. \u003ci\u003eHotel Trópico\u003c\/i\u003e will be read not only by scholars of Brazil and Latin America but also by those studying Africa, empire, and postcolonialism.”—\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Lesser\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eA Discontented Diaspora: Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960–1980\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his is a solidly researched and colourfully written study, and its broad geographical and thematic scope should appeal to a wide readership both within and beyond the confines of Afro- and Luso-Brazilian studies.” -- Ori Preuss * Journal of Latin American Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“At a time when Brazil is garnering widespread attention as a global economic and geopolitical power, this book provides an indispensable historical framework to understand the conditions that have led to this status. Africa in fact served as a platform for Brazil to assert itself as an emerging world power in the 1960s. Dávila offers one of the most sophisticated and in-depth analyses of Brazil-Africa relations to date. One of the highlights of his book are the interviews, which capture quite vividly the complicated nexus among affect, culture, race, myth, desire, memory, and foreign policy.” -- Fernando Arenas * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e“Jerry Dávila's insightful and very well-written book has arrived at an opportune moment. . . . The considerable strengths of\u003ci\u003e Hotel Trópico\u003c\/i\u003e rest on Dávila's solid prior scholarship on Brazil's race relations, unprecedented access to comparatively recent Brazilian diplomatic and Portuguese governmental archives, extended interviews with key players over five years, and broad institutional and collegial ties in several countries. The research is meticulous and copiously documented, the argumentation is skillful and clear, and the style is lively, detailed and almost novelistic in its narrative.” -- Wayne A. Selcher * The Americas *\u003cbr\u003e“This book is no standard diplomatic history. It falls within the genre of work—mostly related to the study of US foreign relations—that seeks to show how domestic race relations have left a profound mark on the conduct of foreign policy. . . . [A] well-written and insightful book. . . .” -- Philip Chrimes * International Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Brazil in the Lusotropical World 11\u003cbr\u003e 2. Africa and the Independent Foreign Policy 39\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"The Lovers of the African Race\": Brazilian Diplomats in Nigeria 64\u003cbr\u003e 4. War in Angola, Crisis in Brazil 91\u003cbr\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLatinité\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eor \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eFraternité\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e? Senegal, Portugal and the Brazilian Military Regime 117\u003cbr\u003e 6. Gibson Barboza's Trip: \"Brazil (Re)discovers Africa\" 141\u003cbr\u003e 7. Brazil and the Portuguese Revolution 170\u003cbr\u003e 8. Brazil's Special Representation in Angola, 1975 190\u003cbr\u003e 9. Miracle for Sale: Marketing Brazil in Nigeria 221\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue 244\u003cbr\u003e Notes 257\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 293\u003cbr\u003e Index 307","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406063116631,"sku":"9780822348559","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822348559.jpg?v=1730494402","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hotel-tropico-9780822348559","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}