Description: Shifting the Meaning of DemocracyRace, Politics, and Culture in the United States and Brazil Author(s): Jessica Lynn Graham Format: Paperback Publisher: University of California Press, United States Imprint: University of California Press ISBN-13: 9780520293762, 978-0520293762 Synopsis This book offers a historical analysis of one of the most striking and dramatic transformations to take place in Brazil and the United States during the twentieth century-the redefinition of the concepts of nation and democracy in racial terms. The multilateral political debates that occurred between 1930 and 1945 pushed and pulled both states towards more racially inclusive political ideals and nationalisms. Both countries utilized cultural production to transmit these racial political messages. At times working collaboratively, Brazilian and [url] officials deployed the concept of "racial democracy" as a national security strategy, one meant to suppress the existential threats perceived to be posed by World War II and by the political agendas of communists, fascists, and blacks. Consequently, official racial democracy was limited in its ability to address racial inequities in the United States and Brazil. Shifting the Meaning of Democracy helps to explain the historical roots of a contemporary phenomenon: the coexistence of widespread antiracist ideals with enduring racial inequality.
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Book Title: Shifting the Meaning of Democracy
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
Publication Name: Shifting the Meaning of Democracy: Race, Politics, and Culture in the United States and Brazil
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Social Sciences, Government, History
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 590 g
Author: Jessica Lynn Graham
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
