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  • Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

    The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus

    Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), nicknamed Bitita, was a destitute black Brazilian woman born in the rural interior who migrated to the industrial city of Sao Paulo. This is her autobiography, which includes details about her experiences of race relations and sexual intimidation. ... Read more

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  • Barack Obama is Brazilian

    (Re)Signifying Race Relations in Contemporary Brazil

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book examines US President Barack Obama’s characterizations in the Brazilian media, with a specific focus on political cartoons and internet memes. Brazilians celebrate their country as a racial democracy; thus the US works as its nemesis. The rise of a black president to the office of the most prominent country in the global, political, and economic landscape led some analysts to postulate ... Read more

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  • Lima Barreto

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    This edited volume is a collection of twelve interdisciplinary essays from various Brazilian literary scholars, historians, and anthropologists analyzing the work of 19th- and 20th-century Afro-Brazilian writer Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto. This is the first collection to present a cohesive analysis of this writer’s work in English. It is an intellectually diverse collection of essays that ... Read more

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  • The Idea of Haiti

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  • Liberation Theology

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  • China and Latin America in Transition

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