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I am currently working on a new manuscript project, tentatively entitled The Color of Crime: Delinquency and Representations of Race in Brazilian Popular Culture. This book will examine the construction of
diverse representations of blacks, and how they relate to crime and violence in Brazilian society. These representations denounce the social and economic marginalization of blacks; but, contradictorily, they can
also produce stereotyped perceptions of how Afro-Brazilians related to crime. I propose that Afro-Brazilians have sought to fight poverty and delinquency by building racial and social awareness through the power of
artistic creation. Therefore, contemporary cultural productions, such as literature, film, and music, are also venues for recasting discourses that generate alternative spaces for social, racial, and political
debates in Brazilian society.
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