Racial Revolutions

by Warren, Jonathan W.; Mignolo, Walter D.; Silverblatt, Irene; Sald & iacute; var-hull, Sonia

• ISBN13: 9780822327318
• ISBN10: 0822327317
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"This is an original work that will be welcomed by all those interested in Brazil and in the Indian question in Latin America. Very well written, engaging, and successful in conveying the world and the voices of the actors, "Racial Revolutions" is indeed a pleasurable read."--Leon Zamosc, University of California, San Diego

Author Biography

Jonathan W. Warren is Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, and will join the departments of African and African American Studies and Cultural Anthropology at Duke University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
List of Abbreviations	xix
Introduction: Maxakali Creation Story	1	(4)
Posttraditional Indians	5	(29)
Methodological Reflections	34	(20)
The State of Indian Exorcism	54	(39)
Racial Stocks and Brazilian Bonds	93	(44)
Prophetic Christianity, Indigenous Mobilization	137	(27)
The Common Sense of Racial Formation	164	(43)
Indian Judges	207	(27)
Contesting White Supremacy	234	(46)
Epilogue	280	(3)
Appendix A: Questionnaire, 1995-1997	283	(2)
Appendix B: Questionnaire, 1992-1994	285	(2)
Appendix C: Biographical Data of Indian Interviewees	287	(4)
Appendix D: Biographical Data of Non-Indian Interviewees	291	(6)
Notes	297	(42)
Glossary	339	(2)
Bibliography	341	(12)
Index	353