Opening book details…
Can I read Dreaming Equality : Color, Race, and Racism in Urban Brazil on EtoBox?
Dreaming Equality : Color, Race, and Racism in Urban Brazil by Robin E. Sheriff is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Dreaming Equality : Color, Race, and Racism in Urban Brazil about?
In the 1933 publication <i>The Masters and the Slaves</i>, Brazilian scholar and novelist Gilberto Freyre challenged the racist ideas of his day by defending the “African contribution” to Brazil's culture. In so doing, he proposed that Brazil was relatively free of most forms of racial prejudice and could best be understood as a “racial democracy.” Over time this view has grown into the popular myth that racism in Brazil is very mild or nonexistent.<br><br>This myth contrasts starkly with the re
Who reads Dreaming Equality : Color, Race, and Racism in Urban Brazil?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robin E. Sheriff
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813556024
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Social Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.33 / 5 (17 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
More by Robin E. Sheriff
Browse all works by Robin E. Sheriff
Similar books
- Race in Another America : The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil — Edward Eric Telles (2006)
- Constellations of Inequality : Space, Race, and Utopia in Brazil — Sean T Mitchell; ProQuest (Firm) (2017)
- The Color of Sound : Race, Religion, and Music in Brazil — John Burdick (2013)
- The Sorcery of Color : Identity, Race, and Gender in Brazil — Elisa Larkin Nascimento (2007)
- Beyond Racism : Race and Inequality in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States — CHARLES V.HAMILTON LYNN HUNTLEY NEVILLE ALEXANDER, Charles V Hamilton, Comparative Human Relations Initiative (Project), edited by Charles V. Hamilton ... et al. (2001)
- Neither Black nor White : Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States — David O. Shipley (1971)
