This exploratory essay approaches gendered aspects of anti-black violence through the
experiences of black mothers whose children were the victims of homicide in Rio de Janeiro …

This dissertation argues that Black mothering is the re-creation of Black sociability in the
African Diaspora in the face of the ways in which genocide attempts to eliminate black …

Anti‐Black state violence across the Americas reflects a global gendered necropolitical
logic. Yet, we often misread this violence by suggesting that the primary victims are men …

This article explores the idea that black urban communities in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil,
particularly women, are currently under siege. This article examines the confinement and …

For most of the twentieth century, Brazil was widely regarded as a" racial democracy"-a
country untainted by the scourge of racism and prejudice. In recent decades, however, this …

Silva Ferreira in the suburban community of Madureira in Rio de Janeiro. She was leaving
her house to buy groceries at a local market in her neighborhood when she got caught in the …

This essay is a discussion and analysis of key feminist ideas in the collection of articles for a
special edition of Transforming Anthropology, entitled “Sorrow as Artifact”. The author …

Black woman, scholar, and visionary—Beatriz Nascimento was a critical figure in Brazil's
Black Movement until her untimely death in 1995. Although she published only a handful of …

The action of the women of Rio de Janeiro's favelas to avoid, prevent, counter, and
denounce police violence, both infrapolitically and in the public transcript, are associated …

In Brazil, black women are symbolically and practically associated with domestic work. The
article examines feminist responses to black women's place in the socio-economic hierarchy …