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Constellations of inequality : space, race, and utopia in Brazil

By Mitchell , Sean T.

Book information

Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780226499437, 022649943X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5129572 bytes)
Pages
0\270
Time added
2018-10-12 17:20:23
Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara;Equality -- Br

Description

In 1982, the Brazilian Air Force arrived on the Alcântara peninsula to build a state-of-the-art satellite launch facility. They displaced some 1,500 Afro-Brazilians from coastal land to inadequate inland villages, leaving many more threatened with displacement. The project was a vast undertaking, and the decades since its 1990 completion have seen it mired in controversy. 'Constellations of Inequality' tells that story, offering a uniquely insightful ethnography of Brazil's inequality politics.  Read more...

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