Land of the cosmic race : race mixture, racism, and blackness in Mexico
Sue, Christina AAuthor
New York : Oxford University Press,
c2013.
This is a richly-detailed ethnographic account of the powerful role that race and colour play in organizing the lives and thoughts of ordinary Mexicans. It presents a previously untold story of how individuals in contemporary urban Mexico construct their identities, attitudes, and practices in the context of a dominant national belief system.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is a richly-detailed ethnographic account of the powerful role that race and colour play in organizing the lives and thoughts of ordinary Mexicans. It presents a previously untold story of how individuals in contemporary urban Mexico construct their identities, attitudes, and practices in the context of a dominant national belief system.
Description based on print version record.
Mapping the Veracruz race-color terminological terrain -- Beneath the surface of mixed-race identities -- Mestizos' attitudes on race mixture -- Inter-color couples and mixed-color families in a mixed-race society -- Situating blackness in a mestizo nation -- Silencing and explaining away racial discrimination -- What's at stake? : racial common sense and securing a Mexican national identity -- Epilogue : the turn of the twenty-first century : an ideological shift?
Ethnicity
Mestizaje
Miscegenation
Mestizos
Blacks
National characteristics, Mexican
Race awareness
Racism
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
Mexico