“[A] fine example of the new understanding of Brazilian race relations.” - Edward S. Mihalkanin , Perspectives on Political Science
“[A] good synopsis of the modern African Brazilian political movement.” - Matthew D. Anderson , Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
“[A] very welcome addition to Brazilian studies. . . . Professor Hanchard is to be congratulated for putting together a multiauthored work devoted to Afro-Brazilian politics and social movements. It fills a definite lacuna in scholarship in the area.” - Edward J. Neugaard , South Eastern Latin Americanist
“[An] important addition to the burgeoning literature on race in Brazil and Latin America. . . . [P]articularly well suited for undergraduate courses on these topics, and can be read with profit by specialists as well.” - George Reid Andrews , Latin American Studies
“[T]his is a collection of very good essays on the topic. . . .” - British Bulletin of Publications
“A fine array of essays on Afro-Brazilian politics and social movements. . . . A nuanced introduction to the tensions, struggles, and promises of Afro-Brazilian life in contemporary Brazil.” - Foreign Affairs
“Hanchard. . . is to be commended for including not only scholars representing a variety of perspectives and methodologies but also activists and politicians like Benedita da Silva. . . . The papers in this book confirm that Brazilian racial dynamics are more ‘black and white’ than previously thought and that they have been for some time.” - Andrew J. Kirkendall , Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs
“Michael Hanchard has done a great service by bringing together the uniformly exellent articles in Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil. The volume is accessible to undergraduates while still presenting information and theories that specialists will find challenging. By including comparative chapters and articles by African-Brazilian activists, Hanchard has created a collection that should be read broadly by students of race relations.” - Jeffrey Lesser , American Ethnologist
“Race relations in Brazil have confounded academics in the country and Brazilianists for some time. . . . While comparative analysis is still a vital tool in any study of global racial difference, there has been an important shift in perspective. The focus is now on analysing and interpreting racial inequality instead of trying to decide if it exists or not. . . . What this collection clearly demonstrates is that racial politics cannot be reduced to any single factor, and as an introductory text to Brazilian race relations it is, as yet, without comparison.” - Jane-Marie Collins , TLS
“This ambitious project brings together diverse voices and perspectives on race relations in Brazil. . . . [T]he scholarly essays are balanced and provide cross-national and regional analysis. The book supplies readers with insights and perspectives that will undoubtedly enhance our awareness of race and politics in Brazil.” - Darién J. Davis , Luso-Brazilian Review
“In assembling this collection of essays, Michael Hanchard moves us beyond the traditional academic boundaries to underscore the relationship between theories and practices in Brazilian race relations.” - Anani Dzidzienyo, Brown University
“This volume is the most important collection of essays on contemporary Brazilian racial politics available to English readers since Pierre-Michel Fontaine’s Race, Class, and Power in Brazil. Specialists and general readers alike will profit from the scholarly essays and the testimonials from veteran Brazilian activists.” - Robert Anderson, North Carolina A&T State University
