Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Diasporic Blackness and Afro-Brazilian Agency
1. Engendering the Grassroots
2. The Gendered Racial Logic of Spatial Exclusion
3. The Black Movement’s Foot Soldiers
4. Violent Policing and Disposing Urban Landscapes
5. “The Women Gather Crying”: Everyday Violence and Community
6. Politics Is a Women’s Thing
Conclusion. Above the Asphalt: From the Margins to the Center of Black Diaspora Politics
Bibliography