Emanuelle Oliveira: 3 books
Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus
The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), nicknamed Bitita, was a destitute black Brazilian woman born in the rural interior who migrated to the industrial city of Sao Paulo. This is her autobiography, which includes details about her experiences of race relations and sexual intimidation.
Barack Obama is Brazilian
(Re)Signifying Race Relations in Contemporary Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This book examines US President Barack Obama’s characterizations in the Brazilian media, with a specific focus on political cartoons and internet memes. Brazilians celebrate their country as a racial democracy; thus the US works as its nemesis. The rise of a black president to the office of the...
Lima Barreto
New Critical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
This edited volume is a collection of twelve interdisciplinary essays from various Brazilian literary scholars, historians, and anthropologists analyzing the work of 19th- and 20th-century Afro-Brazilian writer Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto. This is the first collection to present a cohesive analysis...