Pain into Purpose

Prisca Gayles is Assistant Professor of Gender, Race, and Identity and Sociology at the University of Nevada, Reno. This is her first book.

• List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Argentina también es afro; 1. '¿De dónde sos?': Mechanisms of Racialization in a 'Raceless' but White Nation; 2. Poner el Cuerpo: The Emergence of the Movimiento Negro, 1983–2013; 3. 'Somos los primeros desaparecidos.': Mobilizing the Emotional and Discursive Opportunities of the Human Rights Movement; 4. '¡Qué su voz se escuche!': A Black Feminist Toolkit and the Everyday Successes of Race-based Social Movements; 5. 'Ahora más que nunca.': The Saliency of Black Activism during a Pandemic; Conclusion; Appendix A. Methodological Appendix; Appendix B. List of Organizations and Collectives; Appendix C. Demographic Information of Interviewees; Works Cited; Index.

'Pain into Purpose unearths and vividly displays a movement that many in Argentina still prefer not to see. What does it take for activists to keep going against all odds? Prisca Gayles provides a thoughtful and original analysis of collective will and emotional energy in the movimiento negro, a marginalized and often despised form of joint struggle.' Javier Auyero, editor of Portraits of Persistence and author of Squatter Life