Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Prologue xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE. Re-envisioning the Brazilian Nation
8. 1. “A Foot in the Kitchen”: Brazilian Discourses on Race, Hybridity, and National Identity 27
9. 2. Women in and out of Place: Engendering Brazil’s Racial Democracy 50
10. PART TWO. The Body and Subjectivity
11. 3. “Look at Her Hair”: The Body Politics of Black Womanhood 81
12. 4. Becoming a Mulher Negra 107
13. PART THREE. Activism and Resistance
14. 5. “What Citizenship Is This?”: Narratives of Marginality and Struggle 133
15. 6. The Black Women’s Movement: Politicizing and Reconstructing Collective Identities 150
16. Epilogue: Re-envisioning Racial Essentialism and Identity Politics 177
17. Notes 183
18. References 197
19. Index 219
20. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 227