Legalizing Identities: Becoming Black or Indian in Brazil's Northeast
Legalizing Identities examines how racial and indigenous identities are shaped and recognized in Brazil’s Northeast. Focusing on the relationship between law, society, and personal identification, Jan Hoffman French offers a study of becoming Black or Indian within a specific regional and legal context.
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Legalizing Identities explores the relationship between personal identity and legal recognition in Brazil’s Northeast.
The book focuses on the processes through which people become identified as Black or Indian.
Jan Hoffman French considers how categories of identity are shaped through law and social life.
This title will interest readers studying Brazil, race, indigeneity, identity, and legal systems.
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