Cardiff University | Prifysgol Caerdydd ORCA
Online Research @ Cardiff 
WelshClear Cookie - decide language by browser settings

Shifting racial dubjectivities and Ideologies in Brazil

Bailey, Stanley R. and Mendes Fialho, Fabricio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9637-9697 2018. Shifting racial dubjectivities and Ideologies in Brazil. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 4 , pp. 1-12. 10.1177/2378023118797550

[thumbnail of 2378023118797550.pdf] PDF - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial.

Download (2MB)

Abstract

Census ethnoracial categories often reflect national ideologies and attendant subjectivities. Nonetheless, Brazilians frequently prefer the non-census terms moreno (brown) and negro (black), and both are core to antithetical ideologies: racial ambiguity versus racial affirmation. Their use may be in flux as Brazil recently adopted unprecedented race-targeted public policy. We examine propensities to self-classify as moreno and negro before and after the policy shift. Using regression modeling on national survey data from 1995 and 2008 that captured self-classification in open and closed formats, we find moreno is highly salient but increasingly constricted, while negro is restricted in use, though increasingly popular. Negro’s growth is mostly confined to the darker pole of Brazil’s color continuum. Education correlates in opposing directions: negative with moreno and positive with negro. Our findings proxy broad ideological shift from racial ambiguity to negro racial affirmation. They suggest race-targeted policy is transforming racial subjectivities and ideologies in Brazil.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher: SAGE Publications (UK and US): Open Access Titles
ISSN: 2378-0231
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 12 March 2020
Last Modified: 08 May 2023 02:28
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/130354

Citation Data

Cited 3 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item Edit Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics