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The Spectacle of the Races: Scientists, Institutions, and the Race Question in Brazil, 1870-1930
The Spectacle of the Races Scientists Institutions and the Race Question in Brazil 18701930
Author: Lilia Moritz Schwarcz
A provocative analysis of racial identity and nationhood. — "We are a half-breed country . . . We are half-breeds, if not in our blood, then at least in our souls." With these words, the literary critic Silvio Romero summed up the impression of Brazil a century ago as a "festival of colors." The spectacle of a mixed-race society in a world that p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780809087891
ISBN-10: 0809087898
Publication Date: 9/8/1999
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Hill and Wang
Book Type: Hardcover
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