(En)countering Exceptionalism
Afro-Brazilian Responses to the Rise of Obama in São Paulo, Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7906141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reighan Gillam (0000-0003-4158-3700, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 323-335 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-2222 • E-ISSN: 1744-2230 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17442222.2013.797213 |
| OpenAlex | W2019850469 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and victory were highly publicized events that reverberated outside the United States and were of significant interest to many Brazilians. In this research note, I argue that the longstanding comparison between race relations in Brazil and the United States contributed to Obama’s meaningfulness for Afro-Brazilian activists. Many scholars and non-elite Brazilians have depicted Brazil as less racist than the United States, which contributes to an idea of Brazilian exceptionalism. Afro-Brazilian activists seized upon the public attention paid to Obama to counter this Brazilian exceptionalist position by pointing to forms of racism in Brazil that limit Afro-Brazilian political ascension
American exceptionalism · Elite · Ethnology · Exceptionalism · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Racism · Sociology · Victory · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Gender Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Race, History, and American Society
African-American reflections on Brazil's racial paradise
Racing research, researching race
Bi-racial U.S.A. vs. Multi-racial Brazil
Negras in Brazil
Uneven Encounters
Race in Another America
Facts of Blackness
African-American Roots Tourism in Brazil
Beyond Compare
Images of Latin American mestizaje and the politics of comparison
Exposing Silence as Cultural Censorship
"Interracial" Sex and Racial Democracy in Brazil
The Inner City and the Favela
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |