Political black elite in Brazil(1982-2010): The U.S. influence in the anti-racist political Brazil

• Grant number: 12/24793-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: February 04, 2013
• End date: May 03, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology - Other specific Sociologies
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães
• Grantee: Flavia Mateus Rios
• Supervisor: Edward E. Telles
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Princeton University, United States

Abstract

My doctorate's project, Political Black Elite in Brazil, investigates the relationshipamong the black movement, political parties and State in Brazil, from 1978 through2010. For the project's development, I work with documental sources, especiallyarticles and other documents written by Black activists, political parties, andgovernments. In this sense, my sejour at Princeton University will be very importantbecause I would be able to have access to dissertations, Black newspapers, andpamphlets digitalized and available at the Firestone Library Microforms Services,specially the Blacks in Brazil Pamphlets. Moreover, I intend to get a betterunderstanding of the influence of African-American activists on Afro-Brazilian ones,analyzing the nature of their political exchanges during that period. Therefore, Dr.Edward Telles' guidance will be fundamental as he knows well the Brazilian politicalreality and its racial inequalities. (AU)