The color of modernity : São Paulo and the making of race and nation in Brazil
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The color of modernity : São Paulo and the making of race and nation in Brazil
(Radical perspectives)
Duke University Press, 2015
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-444) and index
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In The Color of Modernity, Barbara Weinstein focuses on race, gender, and regionalism in the formation of national identities in Brazil; this focus allows her to explore how uneven patterns of economic development are consolidated and understood. Organized around two principal episodes-the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution and 1954's IV Centenario, the quadricentennial of Sao Paulo's founding-this book shows how both elites and popular sectors in Sao Paulo embraced a regional identity that emphasized their European origins and aptitude for modernity and progress, attributes that became-and remain-associated with "whiteness." This racialized regionalism naturalized and reproduced regional inequalities, as Sao Paulo became synonymous with prosperity while Brazil's Northeast, a region plagued by drought and poverty, came to represent backwardness and Sao Paulo's racial "Other." This view of regional difference, Weinstein argues, led to development policies that exacerbated these inequalities and impeded democratization.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Paulista Modern 27
Part I: The War of Sao Paulo
2. Constituting Paulista Identity 71
3. The Middle Class in Arms? Fighting for Sao Paulo 110
4. Marianne into Battle? The Mulher Paulista and the Revolution of 1932 161
5. Provincializing Sao Paulo: The "Other" Regions Strike Back 192
Part II: Commemorating Sao Paulo
6. Sao Paulo Triumphant 221
7. Exhibiting Exceptionalism: History at the IV Centenario 267
8. The White Album: Memory, Identity, and the 1932 Uprising 296
Epilogue and Conclusion 331
Notes 345
Bibliography 419
Index 445
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