The multiple dimensions of racial mixture in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: From whitening to Brazilian negritude

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 382-399

  Silva, Graziella Moraes D ^a   Reis, Elisa P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; destigmatization; multiracialism; racial boundaries; racial identification; racial mixture

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACISM;

BRAZIL; LATIN AMERICA; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84858028264     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.589524     Document Type: Article

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