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BOOKS AND FILMS

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CULTURES OF DEVELOPMENT: VIETNAM, BRAZIL AND THE UNSUNG VANGUARD OF PROSPERITY

Routledge, 2017, pp. 178

This book deploys interpretative economics (a combination of cultural and development studies) to fill in various theoretical gaps in the development literature and identify the cultural work required to advance economic growth in Vietnam, Brazil and elsewhere.

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DE BAIXO PARA CIMA [FROM THE BOTTOM UP]

This film documents how the cultural work of artists, critical pedagogues, and religious leaders led to social democratization and sustainable development in the Jequitinhonha Valley of Minas Gerias, Brazil.

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MIRADAS SOBRE O BRASIL: CULTURA, ARTE E PODER

This edited volume explores the cultural politics of art, film, popular music, and street festivals in Brazil.

EDUFBA, 2016, pp. 277

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RACIAL REVOLUTIONS: ANTIRACISM AND INDIAN RESURGENCE IN BRAZIL

Duke, 2001, pp. 392

This book documents the experiences and perspectives of indigenous people in Eastern Brazil. It also explains why the indigenous population has been increasing (despite on-going Indian exorcism) and how this community represents an important, albeit unappreciated, antiracist counterpublic.

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RACING RESEARCH, RESEARCHING RACE: METHODOLOGICAL DILEMMAS IN CRITICAL RACE STUDIES

This edited volume continues to be the only book that addresses the myriad of ways that race shapes a researcher's fieldwork experience, questions, findings, and analysis.

NYU, 2000, pp.

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