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Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil

2005; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 3; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s1537592705740159

1541-0986

David Covin,

Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil

Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil. By Edward E. Telles. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004. 336p. $35.00.Edward E. Telles's consideration of race in Brazil is a landmark study. It brings scholarly perspective, the careful application of quantitative data, systematic analysis, a thoughtful reading of contemporary conditions, and a deep familiarity with the subject to a frequently fragmented, contradictory, and anecdotal area of scholarship.