In this Book
- Afro-Paradise: Blackness, Violence, and Performance in Brazil
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
Christen A. Smith argues that the dialectic of glorified representations of black bodies and subsequent state repression reinforces Brazil's racially hierarchal society. Interpreting the violence as both institutional and performative, Smith follows a grassroots movement and social protest theater troupe in their campaigns against racial violence. As Smith reveals, economies of black pain and suffering form the backdrop for the staged, scripted, and choreographed afro-paradise that dazzles visitors. The work of grassroots organizers exposes this relationship, exploding illusions and asking unwelcome questions about the impact of state violence performed against the still-marginalized mass of Afro-Brazilians.
Based on years of field work, Afro-Paradise is a passionate account of a long-overlooked struggle for life and dignity in contemporary Brazil.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-30
- Interlude I: Culture Shock
- pp. 31-40
- Interlude II: “The Berlin Wall”
- pp. 71-76
- 2. The Paradox of Black Citizenship
- pp. 77-112
- Interlude III: “Terrorism”
- pp. 113-116
- Interlude IV: “The Police Raid”
- pp. 153-154
- 4. Palimpsestic Embodiment
- pp. 155-176
- Interlude V: Reprise
- pp. 177-178
- 5. In and Out of the Ineffable
- pp. 179-206
- Appendix: Methodology and Timing
- pp. 207-212
- Bibliography
- pp. 231-250
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2016