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Barack Obama is Brazilian

(Re)Signifying Race Relations in Contemporary Brazil

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Underlines the tremendous impact Obama’s election to the US presidency had on the collective unconscious of the African Diaspora
  • Investigates what Obama's victory meant to Brazil
  • Examines white male privilege in the US and Brazil and further conjectures about the possibility of the election of a black president committed to Afro-Brazilians and disfranchised segments of society
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte
    Pages 1-15
  3. Obama Dreams of Brazil: A Mulatto in the Land of Racial Democracy

    • Emanuelle K.F. Oliveira-Monte
    Pages 17-51
  4. Barack Obama Is Brazilian

    • Emanuelle K.F. Oliveira-Monte
    Pages 53-85
  5. “Our” Candidate Obama: Barack Obama in the Brazilian Elections

    • Emanuelle K.F. Oliveira-Monte
    Pages 117-139
  6. Conclusion

    • Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte
    Pages 141-150
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 151-208

About this book

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 most prominent country in the global, political, and economic landscape led some analysts to postulate that the US was living in a post-racial era. President Obama’s election also had a tremendous impact on the imaginary of the African Diaspora, and this volume investigates how the election of the first black US president complicates Brazilians’ own racial discourses. By focusing on three events—Barack Obama's election in 2008, his visit to Brazil in March 2011, and the aftermath of the US espionage on the Brazilian government in 2013—Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte analyzes Barack Obama's shifting portrayals that confirm and challenge Brazilian racial conceptions projected upon his figure.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

    Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte

About the author

Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte is Associate Professor of Luso-Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian Literature in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Vanderbilt University, USA.

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Softcover Book USD 64.99
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