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My research interests revolve around the themes of diaspora, nationhood, immigration and transnationalism. I am passionate about all things Brazilian. The vast majority of my published work has focused on the legacy of Afro-Latin Americans in general, on Afro-Brazilians in particular, and on Latin Americans abroad. In the coming years, I hope to link this work to other issues related to various diasporic conditions.

Recent Publications

• "Before We Called This Place Home: Precursors of the Brazilian Community in the United States" in Becoming Brazuca: Brazilian Immigration to the United States (David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies) Edited by Clémence Jouët-Pastré and Leticia J. Braga. Harvard University Press, 2008.
• "Understanding the Black Modernists:  The Legacy of Negritude and the Celebration of Blackness in Brazil" in Negritude: Legacy and Present Relevance
  Edited by Isabelle Constant and Kahiudi C. Mabana. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009.

Published Books

• White Face, Black Mask: Africaneity and the Early Social History of Popular Music in Brazil. Michigan State University Press, 2008.
• Afro-Brasileiros Hoje. São Paulo, Brazil: Summus, 2000.
• Afro-Brazilians: Time for Recognition. London: Minority Rights Group, 1999.
• Avoiding the Dark: Race, Nation and National Culture in Modern Brazil. Aldershot, England: Ashgate International/ Center for Research in Ethnic Studies, 2000.

Edited Volumes:

• Editor, Beyond Slavery: The Multifaceted Legacy of Africans in Latin America and the Caribbean. Denver, Colorado: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006.
• Editor, Slavery and Beyond: The African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 1995. >> link to Amazon
• Contributing Editor, No Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Americans Today. London: Minority Rights, 1996. >> link to Amazon
• Co-Editor, Companion to Latino Literature (Tamesis Books an off-print of Boydell and Brewer, forthcoming June 2007) >> link to Amazon

Curricular Publications and Pamphlets

• Race and Ethnicity in Latin America: A Guide to Curriculum Resources. New Orleans, Louisiana: Tulane University Center for Latin American Studies, 1994.
• "Influencias africanas en Latinoamérica," La tierra magíca. New Orleans, Louisiana: Tulane University Center for Latin American Studies, 1993.
• "Música en el aire," (A Survey of Latin American Music) La tierra mágica. New Orleans, Louisiana: Tulane University Center for Latin American Studies, 1992.

Selected Published Articles and Manuscripts

• "Pan-Africanism, Negritude and the Currency of Blackness," in Beyond Slavery: The Multifaceted Legacy of Africans in Latin America and the Caribbean. Denver, Colorado: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006.
• "Fading In: Race and Representation of People of African Descent in Latin American Cinema," Beyond Slavery: The Multifaceted Legacy of Africans in Latin America and the Caribbean. Denver, Colorado: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006.
• “Blacks in Film in Latin America and the Caribbean,” Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora. MacMillan Press, 2004.
• “Tres filmes procurando um pais,” Fronteiras (Rio Grande do Sul, 2002): p 20-38. >>link to pdf document
• "Race Parity, Satire and National Humor in Carmen Miranda’s Musical Performance,1930-1939," Popular Culture in Latin America: An Introduction. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2001. >>link to pdf document
• "British Football with a Brazilian Beat: The Early History of a National Past time, 1894-1933," in English-Speaking Communities in Latin America. MacMillan Press and St. Martin’s Press, 2000.>>link to pdf document
• "Afro-Brazilians: Time for Recognition," The Outsider (2000) >>link to minority rights website
• "To Be or Not to Be Brazilian: Carmen Miranda's Quest For Fame and'Authenticity' in the United States," Strange Pilgrimages: Latin Americans Abroad Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources (Spring 2000). >>link to pdf document
• "The African Contribution to Latin American Societies, An Overview: 1492–Present, " in Proceedings on Poverty Alleviation for Minority Communities in Latin America: Communities of African Ancestry (November 13-14 1996, Inter-American Development Bank) Washington, DC, IDB.
• "Nationalism and Civil Rights in Cuba: A Comparative Perspective: 1930-1960," The Journal of Negro History. (Fall 1998) >>link to pdf document.
• "Mulato o Criollo: Cultural Indentity in Cuba, 1930-1960," Ethnicity, Race and Nationality in the Caribbean. Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Instituto de Estudios del Caribe, December 1996.>>link to pdf document
• “The Brazilian-Americans: Demography and Identity of An Emerging Latino Minority,” The Latino Review of Books (Spring/Fall 1996): 8-15. >>link to PDF document.
• "Os Arquivos das Politicias Politicais of the State of Rio de Janeiro," Latin American Reserach Review Vol. 31, No. 1 (1996)>>link to PDF document
• "The First Inter-Continental Conference on Racism and Xenophobia in the Americas," The Outsider (London) August, 1995.
• "Afro-Panamanians in the Twentieth Century," in No Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Americans Today. London: Minority Rights, September 1995.
• "Pan-Africanism and Civil Rights in Latin America," in No Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Americans Today. London: Minority Rights, September 1995. Revised and Reprinted in Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (1999) edited by Kwame Anthonty Appiah and Henry Louis Gates.
• "Multiculturalism or Multi-Cultural Imperialism? An Investigation into the Language of Multiculturalism," Current World Leaders (December 1995).>>link to PDF document
• "An Annotated Bibliography of Afro-Latin America: 1989-Present," Journal of Afro-Latin American Studies and Literatures (Spring 1995).>>link to Amazon
• "Afro-Brazilian Women, Civil Rights and Political Participation," in Slavery and Beyond: The African Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 1994.

Books & Film Reviews

Updates in Progress for reviews from 2004-2006

• "Daniel E. Walker, No More No More: Slavery and Cultural Resistance in Havana and New Orleans. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004." in American Historical Review (Spring 2006)
• "Carandiru" in The American Historical Review (Winter 2004)
• "Hans Staden" in The American Historical Review (Spring 2001)>>link to PDF document
• "Michael Hanchard, Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil." Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1999" in Luso-Brazilian Review (Spring 2001).>>link to PDF document
• "Luis Martínez-Fernández's Fighting Slavery in the Caribbean: The Life and Times of a British Family in Nineteenth Century Havana" in The American Historical Review (Fall 2000). >>link to PDF document
• "Before Night Falls" in American Historical Review (Fall 2000).>>link to PDF document
• "Buena Vista Social Club" and "Lágrimas Negras" in American Historical Review (Spring 2000).>>link to PDF document
• Eva Paulino Bueno, O Artista do Povo: Mazzaropi e Jeca Tatu no cinema do Brasil. Maringá: Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 1999ˆin Corners (An internet Magazine).>>link to webpage
• "Guerra de Canudos" and "Passion and War in the Backlands of Canudos" in The American Historical Review (Winter 1999).>>link to PDF document
• "Two New Books on Race," Radical History Review (Fall 1999).
• "Cantral Station" in The American Historical Review (Spring 1999).>>link to PDF document
• "Robert Levine, The Brazilian Photographs of Genevieve Naylor, 1940-1942 (Durham: Duke University Press, 1998)" in Americas (Fall 1999).>>link to PDF document
• O. Nigel Bolland, Struggles for Freedom: Essays on Slavery, Colonialism, and Culture in the Caribbean and Central America. Belize City: Angelus Press, 1997 in Hispanic American Historical Review (Winter 1999).
• Towards a New Cuba? Legacies of a Revolution edited by Miguel Angel Centeno and Mauricio Font Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997 in Journal of Third World Studies (1998).
• "Central Station," in The American Historical Review (Spring 1999).>>link to PDF document
• "O Quatrilho," "Foreign Land," "Four Days in September," in The American Historical Review (Spring 1998).>>link to PDF document
• "Michael Hanchard, Orpheus and Power: The Movimiento Negro of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, 1945-1988," Third World Quarterly (Fall 1997).
• "Carlota Joaquina Princessa do Brasil" in The American Historical Review (Spring 1996).>>link to PDF document
• "Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business" in The American Historical Review (Fall 1996).>>link to PDF document
• "The Cuban Revolution: Origins, Course and Legacy," Journal of Third World Studies (Fall 1996).

Rejected Papers Submitted for Submission

Forthcoming - All works are works in progress. These essays include interesting ideas but for a host of diverse reasons did not make it to the second stage of the peer review process.

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