Feb 06 2023 107 mins 22
In this episode, Dr. Cassie Osei discusses her research on the history of Black women’s labor and related social change in Brazil, conducting research in Brazil as a Black woman herself, and the racial politics of the reality show Love Is Blind: Brazil.
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Readings & Resources
(from Dr, Osei):
Paulina Alberto - Terms of Inclusion
https://uncpress.org/book/9780807871713/terms-of-inclusion/#:~:text=Terms%20of%20Inclusion%20tells%20a,citizenship%20in%20twentieth%2Dcentury%20Brazil.
Barbara Weinstein - “How does the painting ‘The Redemption of Ham’ by Modesto Brocos illustrate ideas of whitening?”
https://www.choices.edu/video/how-does-the-painting-the-redemption-of-ham-by-modesto-brocos-illustrate-ideas-of-whitening/
Katia Costa Santos - “Black Girls of Ipanema”
https://nacla.org/black-girls-ipanema
Keisha-Khan Perry - Black Women against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/black-women-against-the-land-grab
Kia Lilly Caldwell - Negras in Brazil: Re-envisioning Black Women, Citizenship, and the Politics of Identity
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/negras-in-brazil/9780813539577
Raquel Barreto - “Amefricanity: The black feminism of Lélia Gonzalez”
https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/amefricanity
PhDivas Podcast - “Afro-Brazilian Women’s History & Low Femme Theory with Dr. Cassie Osei”
https://phdivaspodcast.wordpress.com/2022/05/27/s6e8-afro-brazilian-womens-history-low-femme-theory-with-dr-cassie-osei/
Professor Osei on social media:
Twitter: @tropigalia
Instagram:@brasilianista
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(additional readings & resources):
Edward Telles - Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691127927/race-in-another-america
Juliana Barreto Farias (editor) - Black Women in Brazil in Slavery and Post-Emancipation
https://dafricapress.com/Black-Women-in-Brazil-in-Slavery-and-Post-Emancipation-p81850749
Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman - The Color of Love: Racial Features, Stigma, and Socialization in Black Brazilian Families
https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477307885/
Silvio Almeida on youtube (em português)
https://www.youtube.com/@silviolual
“Maid Saved US$ 5,800 and Took Daughter to Disney World”
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2020/02/maid-saved-us5800-and-took-daughter-to-disney-world.shtml
Love Is Blind Brazil
https://www.netflix.com/title/81284981
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-Intro: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone
-Outro: "Deixa Rolar” by MC Tas
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Readings & Resources
(from Dr, Osei):
Paulina Alberto - Terms of Inclusion
https://uncpress.org/book/9780807871713/terms-of-inclusion/#:~:text=Terms%20of%20Inclusion%20tells%20a,citizenship%20in%20twentieth%2Dcentury%20Brazil.
Barbara Weinstein - “How does the painting ‘The Redemption of Ham’ by Modesto Brocos illustrate ideas of whitening?”
https://www.choices.edu/video/how-does-the-painting-the-redemption-of-ham-by-modesto-brocos-illustrate-ideas-of-whitening/
Katia Costa Santos - “Black Girls of Ipanema”
https://nacla.org/black-girls-ipanema
Keisha-Khan Perry - Black Women against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/black-women-against-the-land-grab
Kia Lilly Caldwell - Negras in Brazil: Re-envisioning Black Women, Citizenship, and the Politics of Identity
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/negras-in-brazil/9780813539577
Raquel Barreto - “Amefricanity: The black feminism of Lélia Gonzalez”
https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/amefricanity
PhDivas Podcast - “Afro-Brazilian Women’s History & Low Femme Theory with Dr. Cassie Osei”
https://phdivaspodcast.wordpress.com/2022/05/27/s6e8-afro-brazilian-womens-history-low-femme-theory-with-dr-cassie-osei/
Professor Osei on social media:
Twitter: @tropigalia
Instagram:@brasilianista
—
(additional readings & resources):
Edward Telles - Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691127927/race-in-another-america
Juliana Barreto Farias (editor) - Black Women in Brazil in Slavery and Post-Emancipation
https://dafricapress.com/Black-Women-in-Brazil-in-Slavery-and-Post-Emancipation-p81850749
Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman - The Color of Love: Racial Features, Stigma, and Socialization in Black Brazilian Families
https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477307885/
Silvio Almeida on youtube (em português)
https://www.youtube.com/@silviolual
“Maid Saved US$ 5,800 and Took Daughter to Disney World”
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2020/02/maid-saved-us5800-and-took-daughter-to-disney-world.shtml
Love Is Blind Brazil
https://www.netflix.com/title/81284981
—
-Intro: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone
-Outro: "Deixa Rolar” by MC Tas
---
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