Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

Brazilian Population ‘Color’ Self-Descriptors

Source: National Survey by Household Sample (PNAD). Extracted from: Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, “Not black, not white: just the opposite. Culture, race and national identity in Brazil,” Centre for Brazilian Studies, Working Paper Number CBS-47-03, (2003): 5.

#	Portuguese	Translation	Gender
1.	Acastanhada	somewhat chestnut-coloured	F
2.	Agalegada	somewhat like a Galician	F
3.	Alva	snowy white	F
4.	Alva escura	dark snowy white	F
5.	Alvarenta*	(not in dictionary; poss. dialect) snowy white	F
6.	Alvarinta*	snowy white	F
7.	Alva rosada	pinkish white	F
8.	Alvinha	snowy white	F dimin
9.	Amarela	Yellow	F
10.	Amarelada	Yellowish	F
11.	Amarela-queimada	Burnt yellow	F
12.	Amarelosa	Yellowy	F
13.	Amorenada	somewhat dark-skinned	F
14.	Avermelhada	Reddish	F
15.	Azul	Blue
16.	Azul-marinho	Sea blue
17.	Baiano	From Bahia	M
18.	Bem branca	Very white	F
19.	Bem clara	Very pale	F
20.	Bem morena	Very dark-skinned	F
21.	Branca	White	F
22.	Branca-avermelhada	White going on for red	F
23.	Branca-melada	Honey-coloured white	F
24.	Branca-morena	White but dark-skinned	F
25.	Branca-pálida	Pale white	F
26.	Branca-queimada	Burnt white	F
27.	Branca-sardenta	Freckled white	F
28.	Branca-suja	Off-white	F
29.	Branquiça*	Whitish	F
30.	Branquinha	Very white	F dimin
31.	Bronze	Bronze-coloured
32.	Bronzeada	Sun-tanned	F
33.	Bugrezinha-escura	Dark-skinned India	F dimin + derogatory
34.	Burro-quando-foge	Disappearing donkey (i.e. nondescript) humorous
35.	Cabocla	Copper-coloured ( refers to civilized Indians)	F
36.	Cabo-verde	from Cabo Verde
37.	Café	Coffee-coloured
38.	Café-com-leite	Café au lait
39.	Canela	Cinnamon
40.	Canelada	somewhat like cinnamon	F
41.	Cardão	colour of the cardoon, or thistle (blue-violet)
42.	Castanha	Chestnut	F
43.	Castanha-clara	Light chestnut	F
44.	Castanha-escura	Dark chestnut	F
45.	Chocolate	Chocolate-coloured
46.	Clara	Light-coloured, pale	F
47.	Clarinha	Light-coloured, pale	F dimin
48.	Cobre	Copper-coloured
49.	Corada	With a high colour	F
50.	Cor-de-café	Coffee-coloured
51.	Cor-de-canela	Cinnamon-coloured
52.	Cor-de-cuia	Gourd-coloured
53.	Cor-de-leite	Milk-coloured (i.e. milk-white)
54.	Cor-de-ouro	Gold-coloured (i.e. golden)
55.	Cor-de-rosa	Pink
56.	Cor-firme	Steady-coloured
57.	Crioula	Creole	F
58.	Encerada	Polished	F
59.	Enxofrada	Pallid	F
60.	Esbranquecimento	Whitening
61.	Escura	Dark	F
62.	Escurinha	Very dark	F dimin
63.	Fogoió	Having fiery-colored hair
64.	Galega	Galician or Portuguese	F
65.	Galegada	Somewhat like a Galician or Portuguese	F
66.	Jambo	Light-skinned (the colour of a type of apple)
67.	Laranja	Orange
68.	Lilás	Lilac
69.	Loira	Blonde	F
70.	Loira-clara	Light blonde	F
71.	Loura	Blonde	F
72.	Lourinha	Petite blonde	F dimin
73.	Malaia*	Malaysian woman	F
74.	Marinheira	Sailor-woman	F
75.	Marrom	Brown
76.	Meio-amarela	Half-yellow	F
77.	Meio-branca	Half-white	F
78.	Meio-morena	Half dark-skinned	F
79.	Meio-preta	Half-black	F
80.	Melada	Honey-coloured	F
81.	Mestiça	Half-caste/mestiza	F
82.	Miscigenação	Miscegenation
83.	Mista	Mixed	F
84.	Morena	Dark-skinned, brunette	F
85.	Morena-bem-chegada	Very nearly morena	F
86.	Morena-bronzeada	Sunburnt morena	F
87.	Morena-canelada	Somewhat cinnamon-coloured morena	F
88.	Morena-castanha	Chestnut-coloured morena	F
89.	Morena-clara	Light-skinned morena	F
90.	Morena-cor-de-canela	Cinnamon-coloured morena	F
91.	Morena-jambo	Light-skinned morena	F
92.	Morenada	Somewhat morena	F
93.	Morena-escura	Dark morena	F
94.	Morena-fechada	Dark morena	F
95.	Morenão	Dark-complexioned man	M aug
96.	Morena-parda	Dark morena	F
97.	Morena-roxa	Purplish morena	F
98.	Morena-ruiva	Red-headed morena	F
99.	Morena-trigueira	Swarthy, dusky morena	F
100.	Moreninha	Petite morena	F dimin
101.	Mulata	Mulatto girl	F
102.	Mulatinha	Little mulatto girl	F dimin
103.	Negra	Negress	F
104.	Negrota	Young negress	F
105.	Pálida	Pale	F
106.	Paraíba	From Paraíba
107.	Parda	Brown	F
108.	Parda-clara	Light brown	F
109.	Parda-morena	Brown morena	F
110.	Parda-preta	Black-brown	F
111.	Polaca	Polish woman	F
112.	Pouco-clara	Not very light	F
113.	Pouco-morena	Not very dark-complexioned	F
114.	Pretinha	Black – either young, or small	F
115.	Puxa-para-branco	Somewhat towards white	F
116.	Quase-negra	Almost negro	F
117.	Queimada	Sunburnt	F
118.	Queimada-de-praia	Beach sunburnt	F
119.	Queimada-de-sol	Sunburnt	F
120.	Regular	Regular, normal
121.	Retinta	Deep-dyed, very dark	F
122.	Rosa	Rose-coloured (or the rose itself)	F
123.	Rosada	Rosy	F
124.	Rosa-queimada	Sunburnt-rosy	F
125.	Roxa	Purple	F
126.	Ruiva	Redhead	F
127.	Russo	Russian	M
128.	Sapecada	Singed	F
129.	Sarará	Yellow-haired negro
130.	Saraúba*	(poss. dialect) Untranslatable
131.	Tostada	Toasted	F
132.	Trigo	Wheat
133.	Trigueira	Brunette	F
134.	Turva	Murky	F
135.	Verde	Green
136.	Vermelha	Red	F

Desdemona’s Fire

Posted in Books, Media Archive, Poetry on 2011-10-06 02:23Z by Steven

Desdemona’s Fire

Lotus Press/Wayne State University Press
1999
61 pages
5.5 x 8.5
Paper ISBN: 9780916418830

Ruth Ellen Kocher, Associate Professor of English
University of Colorado, Boulder

This is the author’s first book and winner of the 1999 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award. While miscegenation has always been more a part of American history than many want to admit, Desdemona’s Fire journeys through this often forbidden landscape in poems that are sometimes painfully poignant, yet fresh in their imagery and detail.

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