(Re)Signifying Race Relations in Contemporary Brazil
by
Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This book examines US President Barack Obama’s characterizations in the Brazilian media, with a specific focus on political cartoons and internet memes. Brazilians celebrate their country as a racial democracy; thus the US works as its nemesis. The rise of a black president to the office of the...