Blackness in the white nation
Subtitle: a history of Afro-Uruguay
By: George Reid Andrews
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780807834176; 9780807871584; 9780807899601
Subjects: Social conditions; Race relations; History; Blacks; Candombe (Dance)
Description: "In Blackness in the White Nation, George Reid Andrews offers a comprehensive history of Afro-Uruguayans from the colonial period to the present. Showing how social and political mobilization is intertwined with candombe, he traces the development of Afro-Uruguayan racial discourse and argues that candombe's evolution as a central part of the nation's culture has not fundamentally helped the cause of racial equality. Incorporating lively descriptions of his own experiences as a member of a candombe drumming and performance group, Andrews consistently connects the struggles of Afro-Uruguayans to the broader issues of race, culture, gender, and politics throughout Latin America and the African diaspora generally."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: This noble race has glorious aspirations, 1830-1920; title: Remembering Africa : comparsas and candombe, 1870-1950; title: The new Negros, 1920-1960; title: Today everyone dances candombe, 1950-2010; title: Dictatorship and democracy, 1960-2010.