Afrodescendants, Identity, and the Struggle for Development in the Americas e-bog
403,64 DKK
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Indigenous people and African descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean have long been affected by a social hierarchy established by elites, through which some groups were racialized and others were normalized. Far from being "e;racial paradises"e; populated by an amalgamated "e;cosmic race"e; of mulattos and mestizos, Latin America and the Caribbean have long been sites of...
E-bog
403,64 DKK
Udgivet
1 april 2012
Længde
330 sider
Genrer
Society and culture: general
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781609173241
Indigenous people and African descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean have long been affected by a social hierarchy established by elites, through which some groups were racialized and others were normalized. Far from being "e;racial paradises"e; populated by an amalgamated "e;cosmic race"e; of mulattos and mestizos, Latin America and the Caribbean have long been sites of shifting exploitative strategies and ideologies, ranging from scientific racism and eugenics to the more sophisticated official denial of racism and ethnic difference. This book, among the first to focus on African descendants in the region, brings together diverse reflections from scholars, activists, and funding agency representatives working to end racism and promote human rights in the Americas. By focusing on the ways racism inhibits agency among African descendants and the ways African-descendant groups position themselves in order to overcome obstacles, this interdisciplinary book provides a multi-faceted analysis of one of the gravest contemporary problems in the Americas.