{"product_id":"afro-paradise-christen-a-smith-9780252039935","title":"Afro-Paradise: Blackness, Violence, and Performance in Brazil","description":"Tourists exult in Bahia, Brazil, as a tropical paradise infused with the black population's one-of-a-kind vitality. But the alluring images of smiling black faces and dancing black bodies masks an ugly reality of anti-black authoritarian violence. \u003cp\u003e Christen A. Smith argues that the dialectic of glorified representations of black bodies and subsequent state repression reinforces Brazil's racially hierarchal society. Interpreting the violence as both institutional and performative, Smith follows a grassroots movement and social protest theater troupe in their campaigns against racial violence. As Smith reveals, economies of black pain and suffering form the backdrop for the staged, scripted, and choreographed afro-paradise that dazzles visitors. The work of grassroots organizers exposes this relationship, exploding illusions and asking unwelcome questions about the impact of state violence performed against the still-marginalized mass of Afro-Brazilians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Based on years of field work, \u003ci\u003eAfro-Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate account of a long-overlooked struggle for life and dignity in contemporary Brazil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christen A. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252039939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252039935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/19\/2016 pg. 18","brand":"Christen A. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086444474623,"sku":"9780252039935","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4b41804-a96f-4fe3-a665-62c0ce8aeaaf.jpg?v=1769094708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/afro-paradise-christen-a-smith-9780252039935","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}