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Can I read “I Africanize São Paulo”: Vision, Race, and Afro-Paulistano Visual Culture on EtoBox?
“I Africanize São Paulo”: Vision, Race, and Afro-Paulistano Visual Culture by Reighan Gillam is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is “I Africanize São Paulo”: Vision, Race, and Afro-Paulistano Visual Culture about?
Although the city of São Paulo has the largest number of Black people in Brazil, it is not commonly associated with Blackness or Black aesthetics. Yet, the city has historically and currently been the home of Black collective action, cultural production, and Black life. This article focuses on the "I Africanize São Paulo" T-shirt, its designer, and photo campaign. Rather than consider São Paulo antithetical to Black aesthetic and cultural production, I find that the "I Africanize São Paulo" T-shirt demonstrates a form of Afro-aesthetics that emerges from São Paulo's tradition of Black politics and culture. I focus on the history of Black political and cultural activity that preceded the T-shirt production as well as the factors that contribute to the obfuscation of Black culture in the city.
Who reads “I Africanize São Paulo”: Vision, Race, and Afro-Paulistano Visual Culture?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Social Sciences.
- Author
- Reighan Gillam
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences