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University racial quotas have caused strong reactions in Brazil, where ideals of racial and cultural mixture are crucial components of national identity. Focusing on an in-depth ethnographic study of a Rio de Janeiro public university and its students, Andre Cicalo examines the practical and symbolic potential that affirmative action has to redress historically-produced and territorialized inequalities in the urban space. By engaging with the relevant literature on Brazilian race relations, this volume discloses novel considerations, crucial for a possible future reading of race relations, racial classification, and affirmative action in Brazil.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Urban Encounters
• Author: Andre Cicalo
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 229
• EAN: 9780230338524
• ISBN: 0230338526
• ID: 01286405
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 416 g
• Dimensions: 223 × 138 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. September 2012

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