Gilberto Freyre and Brazilian Self-Perception

In Pallares-Burke Maria Lúcia G. (ed.), Racism and Ethnic Relations in the Portuguese-Speaking World. pp. 113 (2012)
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Abstract

The idea of Brazil as a ‘racial democracy’ and a mixture of peoples and cultures became a central part of its national identity following the publication of Gilberto Freyre's Casa-grande e senzala in 1933. This chapter argues that the idea of racial democracy cannot be understood without taking into account the dialogue, dating from much earlier than 1933, between Brazilians and North Americans, based on an emphasis on the mixture of black and white, and on the ‘one drop rule’ and the segregation that came with it.

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