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The Politics of Survival
Black Women Social Welfare Beneficiaries in Brazil and the United States
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English
Published/Copyright:
2023
About this book
Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour offers a comparative analysis of how Black women social welfare beneficiaries in Brazil and the United States defy systems of domination. She argues that poor Black women act as political subjects in the struggle to survive and challenge daily discrimination even in dire circumstances.
Author / Editor information
Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour is Dan T. Blue Endowed Chair of Political Science at North Carolina Central University. She is the author of The Politics of Blackness: Racial Identity and Political Behavior in Contemporary Brazil (2018). Mitchell-Walthour is a national co-coordinator of the U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil and former president of the Brazil Studies Association.
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Ollie A. Johnson III, coeditor of Comparative Racial Politics in Latin America:
The Politics of Survival offers a seamless combination of strong theory, sound methodology, and rich empirical evidence. Mitchell-Walthour anchors her analysis in Black feminist theory thereby centering Black women as the main subjects and using an intersectional approach to highlight the complex reality of poor Black women’s lives.
The Politics of Survival offers a seamless combination of strong theory, sound methodology, and rich empirical evidence. Mitchell-Walthour anchors her analysis in Black feminist theory thereby centering Black women as the main subjects and using an intersectional approach to highlight the complex reality of poor Black women’s lives.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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1 THE POLITICS OF SURVIVAL
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2 SUPPORT OF SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS, STIGMA, AND RESISTANCE
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3 PERCEPTIONS OF CLASS, SKIN COLOR, AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION
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4 ARE POOR BLACK WOMEN TO BLAME FOR CONSERVATIVE POLITICIANS?
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5 CONCLUSION Are Poor Black Women the Hope for Progressive Politics?
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APPENDIX
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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INDEX
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June 30, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9780231557078
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15 b&w illustrations
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9780231557078
Keywords for this book
social welfare; precarity; social safety nets; survival; resistance; racial identity; political identity; mutual aid; Black studies; gender studies; comparative sociology; Black feminist thought; African Diaspora; systemic racism; classism; colorism; discrimination; Brazil; United States
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
