The politics of ' racial ' classification in Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID2632877
AuthorsPeter Fry (0000-0002-6323-0503, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume95
Issue2
Pages261-282
Publication date2009-12-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal de la Société des Américanistes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-9174 • E-ISSN: 1957-7842
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/jsa.11108
OpenAlexW303831931
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited15

The politics of « racial » classification in Brazil. This paper traces the genealogy of « racial » taxonomies in Brazil arguing that recent policies which focus on the « black population » or the « black community » depend upon a belief that Brazilian society is neatly divided into « blacks » and « not blacks », thus superseding taxonomies which produce ambiguous « racial » categories based on the social « appearance » of individuals. The paper argues that such new political orientation may be a form of self fulfilling prophecy, bringing into being that which it assumed to exist

Biology and political orientation · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Political science · Politics · Population · Race (biology) · Racial politics · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society · Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil