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Antiracist Discourse in Brazil

From Abolition to Affirmative Action

Teun A. van Dijk

Antiracist Discourse in Brazil: From Abolition to Affirmative Action follows Teun A. van Dijk’s earlier studies on racist discourse in Europe, the USA, and Latin America. This book focuses on antiracist discourse, focusing on the history of the discourse against slavery and racism and in favor of abolition and affirmative action in Brazil. After a theoretical chapter on antiracism and antiracist discourse, the author studies Jesuit texts of the 17th and 18th century criticizing the abuses against slaves and the texts of black and white writers in the 19th century advocating abolition. The author analyzes discourses of 20th century scholars, journalists, and activists who explicitly combat prevalent international eugenicist and racist ideologies as well as post-abolition discrimination of black people all while challenging the dominant myth of Brazil as a ‘racial democracy.’ After the historical study of these antiracist discourses, this book offers a detailed case study of contemporary debates on affirmative action in Brazilian parliament.

Lexington Books

Pages: 256 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9

978-1-7936-1547-3 • Hardback • September 2020 • $123.00 • (£95.00)

978-1-7936-1548-0 • eBook • September 2020 • $45.00 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies, History / Latin America / South America

Antiracist Discourse in Brazil

From Abolition to Affirmative Action

Hardback

eBook

Summary

Antiracist Discourse in Brazil: From Abolition to Affirmative Action follows Teun A. van Dijk’s earlier studies on racist discourse in Europe, the USA, and Latin America. This book focuses on antiracist discourse, focusing on the history of the discourse against slavery and racism and in favor of abolition and affirmative action in Brazil. After a theoretical chapter on antiracism and antiracist discourse, the author studies Jesuit texts of the 17th and 18th century criticizing the abuses against slaves and the texts of black and white writers in the 19th century advocating abolition. The author analyzes discourses of 20th century scholars, journalists, and activists who explicitly combat prevalent international eugenicist and racist ideologies as well as post-abolition discrimination of black people all while challenging the dominant myth of Brazil as a ‘racial democracy.’ After the historical study of these antiracist discourses, this book offers a detailed case study of contemporary debates on affirmative action in Brazilian parliament.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 256 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9

978-1-7936-1547-3 • Hardback • September 2020 • $123.00 • (£95.00)

978-1-7936-1548-0 • eBook • September 2020 • $45.00 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Caribbean & Latin American Studies, History / Latin America / South America

Author

Teun A. van Dijk was professor of discourse studies at the University of Amsterdam until 2004.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Theoretical Framework

Chapter 3. Antislavery and Abolitionist Discourse

Chapter 4. Antiracist Discourse after Abolition

Chapter 5. Contemporary Antiracist Discourse

Chapter 6. The Discourse of Affirmative Action

Chapter 7. Conclusions

References

Antiracist Discourse in Brazil

From Abolition to Affirmative Action

Teun A. van Dijk

Antiracist Discourse in Brazil

From Abolition to Affirmative Action

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