{"product_id":"9781477309247","title":"Black Bodies, Black Rights: The Politics of Quilombolismo in Contemporary Brazil","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnder a provision in the Brazilian constitution, rural black communities identified as the modern descendants of quilombos—runaway slave communities—are promised land rights as a form of reparations for the historic exclusion of blacks from land ownership. The quilombo provision has been hailed as a success for black rights; however, rights for quilombolas are highly controversial and, in many cases, have led to violent land conflicts. Although thousands of rural black communities have been legally recognized, only a handful have received the rights they were promised. Conflict over quilombola rights is widespread and carries important consequences for race relations and political representations of blackness in twenty-first century Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a year of field research in a quilombola community, Elizabeth Farfán-Santos explores how quilombo recognition has significantly affected the everyday lives of those who experience the often-complicated political process. Questions of identity, race, and entitlement play out against a community's struggle to prove its historical authenticity—and to gain the land and rights they need to survive. This work not only demonstrates the lived experience of a new, particular form of blackness in Brazil, but also shows how blackness is being mobilized and reimagined to gain social rights and political recognition. \u003cb\u003eBlack Bodies, Black Rights\u003c\/b\u003e thus represents an important contribution to the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of Afro-Latino studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130811498736,"sku":"9781477309247","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781477309247_p0.jpg?v=1763614066","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781477309247","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}