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Part I Racial theory: the theoretical status of the concept of race where culture meets structure - race in the 1990s dictatorship, democracy, and difference - the historical construction of racial identity. Part II Racial politics: constructing the meaning of race in the post-civil rights period the Los Angeles race riot and contemporary US politics hard lessons - recent writing on racial politics. Part III comparative sociology of race: racial formation and hegemoney - global and local developments rethinking race in Brazil The fact of blackness in Brazil democracy re-envisioned, difference transformed - comparing contemporary racial politics in the United States and Brazil.
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