Urban encounters: affirmative action and black identities in Brazil

Urban encounters: affirmative action and black identities in Brazil

Cicalo, A.

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Utilizing an ethnographic study of a public university and its users, Cicalo analyzes the practical and symbolic potential that affirmative action has to redress historically-produced and territorialized inequalities in the urban space. INDICE: Toward an Ethnographic Study of Racial Quotas for 'Black' Studentsin the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro .Dreams and Hard Places: Main Settings and Socioeconomic Profile of Quota Students .Race Between the ClassRows: Urban Encounters and Dis-Encounters in the Changing University Space .From Race or Color to Race and Color? Ethnography beyond Official Discourses .Narrowing Political Gaps: Black Awareness and University Education as Ways to be 'Central'.

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-33852-4
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 242
  • Fecha Publicación: 19/10/2012
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Desconocido