This dissertation examines the development of race relations in the port district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from abolition in 1888 until 1937. In the generation following the abolition of slavery (1888) and the proclamation of the First Republic (1889), how and why did racial democracy emerge as the founding myth of Brazilian race relations? While some scholars have seen racial democracy as an elite project accepted passively by former slaves and their descendants, this thesis argues that racial democracy cannot be understood without a recognition of the powerful role played by Afro-Brazilians in its success: a success made even more puzzling given the ongoing poverty and marginalisation of black Brazil.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/245573 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | McPhee, Kit |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
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