Black women against the land grab [Elektronisk resurs] the fight for racial justice in Brazil / Keisha-Khan Y. Perry.

• Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Diasporic Blackness and Afro-Brazilian Agency; 1. Engendering the Grassroots; 2. The Gendered Racial Logic of Spatial Exclusion; 3. The Black Movement's Foot Soldiers; 4. Violent Policing and Disposing of Urban Landscapes; 5. "Picking Up the Pieces": Everyday Violence and Community; 6. Politics Is a Women's Thing; CONCLUSION: Above the Asphalt: From the Margins to the Center of Black Diaspora Politics; References; Index. 

• Focusing on the Gamboa de Baixo neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil's city center, Black women against the land grab explores how black women's views on development have radicalized local communities to demand justice and social change. Keisha-Khan Y. Perry describes the key role of local women activists in the citywide movement for land and housing rights. 

Ämnesord

Svarta kvinnor  (sao)

Fattiga  (sao)

Svarta personer  (sao)

Sociala förhållanden  (sao)

Politiska förhållanden  (sao)

Stadsförnyelse  (sao)

Women, Black  -- Political activity -- Brazil -- Salvador. (LCSH)

Poor  -- Political activity -- Brazil -- Salvador. (LCSH)

Blacks  -- Brazil -- Salvador -- Social conditions. (LCSH)

Urban renewal  -- Brazil -- Salvador. (LCSH)

Politisk verksamhet  (kao)

Svarta  (kao)

Fattigdom  (kao)

Political activities  (kao//eng)

Blacks  (kao//eng)

Poverty  (kao//eng)

Protestaktioner  -- Brasilien (kao)

Protest actions  -- Brazil (kao//eng)

Women, Black  (LCSH)

Black people  (LCSH)

Urban renewal  (LCSH)

Poor  (LCSH)

Salvador (Brazil)  -- Politics and government. (LCSH)

Brasilien  -- Salvador (sao)

Klassifikation

305.896081 (DDC)

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