Political Consciousness as a Component of Black Consciousness in Brazil: Its Presence in the Popular Media

This research presents a study of articles in six B razi l ian mass c i rculation magazines between 1 983 and 1 992 . It combines the study with an earl ier analysis conducted by the author. The research depicts the extent to which polit ical conscious ness is represented as a component of Black consciousness in the publ ications. The research finds that one-third of the a rt icles in the popular press on Black consciousness include an element of pol itical consciousness. This is a signif icant per centage of the total . The article concludes that, though to a minor extent, Black polit ical consciousness has entered the publ ic discourse in B razi l 's popular press.