Anthropology 256 - Race and Ethnicity in Brazil

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

Africana Studies, Jewish Studies, LAIS, SRE Brazil, in contrast to the United States, has been portrayed by Brazilians and others as a "racial democracy." This course examines the debate over the "problem of race" in its early formulation asshaped by scientific racism and eugenics. It then turns to the Brazilian policy of branqueamento (whitening) in the 19th and early 20th centuries, which was the basis of large-scale migration to Brazil from all major regions of Europe. Inequality in contemporary Brazil is explored in terms of the dynamics of racial ideologies, the distribution of national resources, and the performance of identity as shaped by "racial" and "ethnic" strategieAmong the groups discussed are indigenous Brazilians, the Luso-Brazilians, Afro-Brazilians, Japanese Brazilians, Euro-ethnic Brazilians, and Brazilians of Arab and Jewish descent.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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