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As an African American and American Indian (Creek nation), France Winddance Twine grew up in working class family in Chicago. "My grandfather was a prominent civil-rights activist, which shaped my commitment to social justice," she says. A feminist ethnographer, Twine's research on comparative racial studies in three countries involves "field research that has taken me to Brazil and the United Kingdom, where I have lived for many years in the communities about which I write," she says. Much of her research is also conducted in the U.S. Her 1997 book, "Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil," detailed how national ideologies shape the way black Brazilians conceptualize and respond to racial disparities in a community in Rio de Janeiro. Currently, Twine is working on a book-length study that has moved her to research the intersections of race, sexuality, and nationality in Britain and the U.S. Go to catalog listing for: Department
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