The transnational imagined community of the black press of Sao Paulo and Chicago, 1900-1940s

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Autor(a) principal: Castro,Cristián
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21862017000100071
Resumo: Abstract This article explores the use of the concept of a transnational imagined community as a theoretical tool for the study of the black press of São Paulo and Chicago from 1900 to 1950. In doing so, I aim to connect the local with the global; associating the uniqueness of the historical trajectories of these specific Afro-descendant communities, to the commonalities of the struggles endured by members of the black Diaspora in the Americas. The paper's macro-narrative is informed by the story of capitalism's structural changes in the late 19th and early 20th century. These transformations provided the necessary socio- political conditions for the development of the black press; a press that aimed to articulate a counter-hegemonic discourse on race, different from the mainstream press, the 'white men's press'. At a micro-level this paper proposes the use of the black press in the Amercas as a door to understand how a fraction of the afro-descendant community in São Paulo and Chicago - namely the black middle class - negotiated race and citizenship through a complex process of national and transnational dialogue, both locally and globlly. Overall, despite the limitation of 'the black press' as a primary source due to its limited circulation and audience, the black press offers a unique opportunity to depict afro-descendants everyday urban life in two rapidly modernizing cities.
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title The transnational imagined community of the black press of Sao Paulo and Chicago, 1900-1940s
spellingShingle The transnational imagined community of the black press of Sao Paulo and Chicago, 1900-1940s
Castro,Cristián
black middle class
black press
Transnational History
Global History
Urban History
black modernity
title_short The transnational imagined community of the black press of Sao Paulo and Chicago, 1900-1940s
title_full The transnational imagined community of the black press of Sao Paulo and Chicago, 1900-1940s
title_fullStr The transnational imagined community of the black press of Sao Paulo and Chicago, 1900-1940s
title_full_unstemmed The transnational imagined community of the black press of Sao Paulo and Chicago, 1900-1940s
title_sort The transnational imagined community of the black press of Sao Paulo and Chicago, 1900-1940s
author Castro,Cristián
author_facet Castro,Cristián
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Castro,Cristián
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv black middle class
black press
Transnational History
Global History
Urban History
black modernity
topic black middle class
black press
Transnational History
Global History
Urban History
black modernity
description Abstract This article explores the use of the concept of a transnational imagined community as a theoretical tool for the study of the black press of São Paulo and Chicago from 1900 to 1950. In doing so, I aim to connect the local with the global; associating the uniqueness of the historical trajectories of these specific Afro-descendant communities, to the commonalities of the struggles endured by members of the black Diaspora in the Americas. The paper's macro-narrative is informed by the story of capitalism's structural changes in the late 19th and early 20th century. These transformations provided the necessary socio- political conditions for the development of the black press; a press that aimed to articulate a counter-hegemonic discourse on race, different from the mainstream press, the 'white men's press'. At a micro-level this paper proposes the use of the black press in the Amercas as a door to understand how a fraction of the afro-descendant community in São Paulo and Chicago - namely the black middle class - negotiated race and citizenship through a complex process of national and transnational dialogue, both locally and globlly. Overall, despite the limitation of 'the black press' as a primary source due to its limited circulation and audience, the black press offers a unique opportunity to depict afro-descendants everyday urban life in two rapidly modernizing cities.
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