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Before Mestizaje - The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico (Hardcover)
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Before Mestizaje - The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies
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This book opens new dimensions on race in Latin America by
examining the extreme caste groups of colonial Mexico. In tracing
their experiences, a broader understanding of the connection
between mestizaje (Latin America's modern ideology of racial
mixture) and the colonial caste system is rendered. Before
mestizaje emerged as a primary concept in Latin America, an earlier
precursor existed that must be taken seriously. This colonial form
of racial hybridity, encased in an elastic caste system, allowed
some people to live through multiple racial lives. Hence, the great
fusion of races that swept Latin America and defined its modernity,
carries an important corollary. Mestizaje, when viewed at its
roots, is not just about mixture, but also about dissecting and
reconnecting lives. Such experiences may have carved a special
ability for some Latin American populations to reach across racial
groups to relate with and understand multiple racial perspectives.
This overlooked, deep history of mestizaje is a legacy that can be
built upon in modern times.
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