Samantha Nogueira Joyce is associate professor of global communication at Saint Mary’s College of California.

Samantha Nogueira Joyce offers another rich, readable, and insightful analysis of telenovela representations of Blackness in Brazil. The book advances an intersectional approach that not only illuminates how race and gender interconnect in media texts, but also highlights how online activism can lead to significant shifts in patterns of representation. This is a must-read to anyone interested in media and racial politics in Brazil.

• Introduction: What (Racial) Democracy?Chapter 1: From Active to Active-ismChapter 2: Her Body: From ‘Baby Mamma’ to ‘Mammie’Chapter 3: His Body: Slaves, Bucks, Villains, and N*gg@sChapter 4: Blackness Beyond Black Bodies: Candomblé and CapoeiraConclusion

Samantha Nogueira Joyce is associate professor of global communication at Saint Mary’s College of California.

Samantha Nogueira Joyce offers another rich, readable, and insightful analysis of telenovela representations of Blackness in Brazil. The book advances an intersectional approach that not only illuminates how race and gender interconnect in media texts, but also highlights how online activism can lead to significant shifts in patterns of representation. This is a must-read to anyone interested in media and racial politics in Brazil.

• Introduction: What (Racial) Democracy?Chapter 1: From Active to Active-ismChapter 2: Her Body: From ‘Baby Mamma’ to ‘Mammie’Chapter 3: His Body: Slaves, Bucks, Villains, and N*gg@sChapter 4: Blackness Beyond Black Bodies: Candomblé and CapoeiraConclusion