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Negro SouDescription
An unpublished collection of texts on the ethnic-racial issue by one of the most important Brazilian thinkers of the 20th century.
Considered one of the fathers of contemporary Brazilian sociology, Guerreiro Ramos (1915-82) was one of the most renowned thinkers in the country in the 1950s and 60s. He was also a professor, essayist, civil servant, poet, administrative theorist and politician. Contradictory and controversial, Guerreiro ended up being marginalized and erased from the canon of social sciences in Brazil due to his independent thinking and combative personality.
Negro sou is a selection of texts on the ethnic-racial theme written by the author between 1949 and 1973 — many of which have never been published in book form —, which contemplate his complex relationship with the thesis of racial democracy in the country, his active participation in the Teatro Experimental do Negro and his pioneering studies on whiteness and decoloniality.
Organized by Muryatan S. Barbosa, a specialist in Guerrero's thought, the book seeks to recover due attention to a work that is not only still relevant, but has much to add to today's debates on racism and identity in Brazil.