AMST-A100 1st Edition Lecture 19 Outline of Last Lecture I. Appropriation (Keyword)II. ADRs, American studies and the history of the AmericasIII. HaleOutline of Current Lecture I. Brazil and the AmericasII. Religion, race, and nation in Brazila. Race in Brazil (or “race” in Brazil?)b. Race and nationalism in BrazilCurrent LectureBrazil and the Americas- American studies takes a transnational and hemispheric perspective on the Americas- The societies of America today began with European colonization, and all of the European powers that colonized the Americas were involved with the transatlantic slave tradeo With the exception of sovereign indigenous societies - The Americas have always been economically, politically, and culturally interconnected.- The US has often treated Latin America and Caribbean as part of its domain. o Ex) the flow of people across borders through immigration and tourism blur the boundaries between the societies of the Americas- Brazil and the US are similar in size and demographicso Brazil occupies 86% of the area that US doeso Brazil has about 2/3 of the population of the USo Both populations are relatively diverse - Like the US, Brazil also has exceptionally high levels of social inequality and violent crime.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- One of the most obvious and frequently noted differences between the US and Brazil is how the two societies view race.Religion, Race, and Nation in BrazilU.S. BrazilBlack/White dichotomy Color spectrumLegal segregation No legal segregation- mixture is commonOne-drop rule (essentially it is how we determine who is black by if you have “one drop” of African descent)Whether a person is black, brown, or white depends on social factors. The same person can be more than one of these in different contexts.- This is the way the differences between the US and Brazil are usually explained- These oppositions don’t capture the complexity of how race is actually lived in both countrieso We could say that they are more mythological than sociological- Brazilians do not use the same definition of race that we do in the USo Instead of asking what race, they would ask what color you areo Color is more fluid in Brazil- Mixture is very common in Brazil- Brazil markets itself as being better than the US in this aspecto However, money “whitens” people in
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