Lima, Valesca (2016) Book Review: Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, Black Women Against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice. Political Studies Review, 14. pp. 304-305. ISSN 1478-929

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Abstract

This book is an ethnographic work conducted at Gamboa de Baix o neighbourhood in the Northeast of Brazil, a poor black century - old fishing community. Keisha - Khan Perry’s study is centred on the daily struggles of the women in the leadership of this community, exploring the central role of co mmunity - based black politics, specifically black women fight ing to avoid eviction from their land and for social rights such as water and dignified housing.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Keisha-Khan Y. Perry; Black Women; Land Grab; Fight for Racial Justice;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, MUSSI Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Item ID:	10436
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/1478929916630922f
Depositing User:	Valesca Lima
Date Deposited:	17 Jan 2019 12:03
Journal or Publication Title:	Political Studies Review
Publisher:	Sage
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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