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Colour violence, deadly geographies, and the meanings of "race" in Brazil.
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Ethnic & Racial Studies . May2020, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p950-975. 26p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 7 Charts, 1 Graph, 1 Map. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This paper analyses the relationships between "race" and violent victimization, and between "race" and support for violent practices of social control in Brazil, using nationally representative survey data. I start from the premise that "race" is a set of relational practices rather than bounded "racial groups". I operationalize this relational understanding of "race" methodologically by triangulating three measures of "race" – self-identified "census race", interviewer-identified skin colour, and racial composition of the municipality – in conjunction with measures of class, gender and space. I find that whiter geographic spaces have lower overall levels of violent victimization, but that interviewer-identified darker-skinned individuals are disproportionately victimized in these whiter geographic spaces. Controlling for other variables, self-identified census race is not correlated with violent victimization. I find that public support for violent practices can best be understood by considering people's simultaneous relationships to race, gender, class and spatial categories and hierarchies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01419870
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Ethnic & Racial Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 142247492
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2019.1628287