In this episode, Dr. Cassie Osei discusses her research on the history of Black women’s labor and related social change in Brazil, conducting research in Brazil as a Black woman herself, and the racial politics of the reality show Love Is Blind: Brazil.

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Readings & Resources

(from Dr, Osei):

Paulina Alberto - Terms of Inclusion

https://uncpress.org/book/9780807871713/terms-of-inclusion/#:~:text=Terms%20of%20Inclusion%20tells%20a,citizenship%20in%20twentieth%2Dcentury%20Brazil.

Barbara Weinstein - “How does the painting ‘The Redemption of Ham’ by Modesto Brocos illustrate ideas of whitening?”

https://www.choices.edu/video/how-does-the-painting-the-redemption-of-ham-by-modesto-brocos-illustrate-ideas-of-whitening/

Katia Costa Santos - “Black Girls of Ipanema”

https://nacla.org/black-girls-ipanema

Keisha-Khan Perry - Black Women against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil

https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/black-women-against-the-land-grab

Kia Lilly Caldwell - Negras in Brazil: Re-envisioning Black Women, Citizenship, and the Politics of Identity

https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/negras-in-brazil/9780813539577

Raquel Barreto - “Amefricanity: The black feminism of Lélia Gonzalez”

https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/amefricanity

PhDivas Podcast - “Afro-Brazilian Women’s History & Low Femme Theory with Dr. Cassie Osei”

https://phdivaspodcast.wordpress.com/2022/05/27/s6e8-afro-brazilian-womens-history-low-femme-theory-with-dr-cassie-osei/

Professor Osei on social media:

Twitter: @tropigalia

Instagram:@brasilianista

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(additional readings & resources):

Edward Telles - Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil

https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691127927/race-in-another-america

Juliana Barreto Farias (editor) - Black Women in Brazil in Slavery and Post-Emancipation

https://dafricapress.com/Black-Women-in-Brazil-in-Slavery-and-Post-Emancipation-p81850749

Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman - The Color of Love: Racial Features, Stigma, and Socialization in Black Brazilian Families

https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477307885/

Silvio Almeida on youtube (em português)

https://www.youtube.com/@silviolual

“Maid Saved US$ 5,800 and Took Daughter to Disney World”

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2020/02/maid-saved-us5800-and-took-daughter-to-disney-world.shtml

Love Is Blind Brazil

https://www.netflix.com/title/81284981

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-Intro: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone

-Outro: "Deixa Rolar” by MC Tas

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