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: | 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 |
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| 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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