The Color of Modernity: São Paulo and the Making of Race and Nation in Brazil
(Part of the Radical Perspectives Series)
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In The Color of Modernity, Barbara Weinstein focuses on race, gender, and regionalism in the formation of national identities in Brazil; this focus allows her to explore how uneven patterns of economic development are consolidated and understood. Organized around two principal episodes--the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution and 1954's IV Centen rio, the quadricentennial of S o Paulo's founding--this book shows how both elites and popular sectors in S o Paulo embraced a regional identity that emphasized their European origins and aptitude for modernity and progress, attributes that became--and remain--associated with "whiteness." This racialized regionalism naturalized and reproduced regional inequalities, as S o Paulo became synonymous with prosperity while Brazil's Northeast, a region plagued by drought and poverty, came to represent backwardness and S o Paulo's racial "Other." This view of regional difference, Weinstein argues, led to development policies that exacerbated these inequalities and impeded democratization.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822357771
ISBN13:9780822357773
Release Date:March 2015
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:472 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.5" x 8.9"
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