Black corporate executives: racism and diversity in the business world

• Grant number: 15/50043-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants - Publications - Books published in Brazil
• Start date: June 01, 2015
• End date: January 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology - Anthropology of Afro-Brazilian Populations
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Jaime de Coelho Júnior
• Grantee: Pedro Jaime de Coelho Júnior
• Host Institution: Centro Universitário FEI (UNIFEI). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This book proposes a socio-anthropological approach in order to think out the professional trajectories of Black corporate executives in São Paulo. It is structured from the following research problem: a) what changes did occur when constructing the/professional trajectories of Black corporate executives in São Paulo between the end of the 1970's and the ear/ twenty-first century? b) In what way do these changes relate to the transformations produced in the societal context, referring to, above all, the racial issue, in the Brazilian society and, thus also in São Paulo, at the same period? c) Do these transformations favor or inhibit their self-construction process as subjects among the Black corporate executives? The fieldwork was carried out between 2006 and 2008 in São Paulo. Its methodological approach was qualitative and consisted of a double investigation strategy: reconstruction of biographical narratives and ethnography. (AU)