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Slavery Unseen: Sex, Power, and Violence in Brazilian History

Contributor(s): Aidoo, LaMonte (Author)

ISBN: 9780822371168

Publisher: Duke University Press

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Pub Date: April 10, 2018

Dewey: 306.3620981

LCCN: 2017043431

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.63" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.17 lbs) 272 pages

Series: Latin America Otherwise

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Description: Lamonte Aidoo upends dominant narratives of Brazilian national identity by showing how the myth of racial democracy is based on interracial and same-sex sexual violence between slave owners and their slaves that operated as a mechanism of perpetuating slavery and heteronormative white patriarchy.

Review Quotes: "Slavery Unseen is an interesting effort to present a little-known side of Brazilian slavery. The book is a good reading both for specialists and for members of the broader public who want to understand the roots of racism and violence that characterize Brazilian society up to the present day."--Ynaê Lopes dos Santos "Labor"

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