Histories of Race and Racism - The Andes and Mesoamerica from Colonial Times to the Present (Paperback, New)

Ninety percent of the indigenous population in the Americas live in the Andean and Mesoamerican nations of Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Guatemala. Recently indigenous social movements in these countries have intensified debate about racism and drawn attention to the connections between present-day discrimination and centuries of colonialism and violence. In "Histories of Race and Racism," anthropologists, historians, and sociologists consider the experiences and representations of Andean and Mesoamerican indigenous peoples from the early colonial era to the present. Many of the essays focus on Bolivia, where the election of the country's first indigenous president, Evo Morales, sparked fierce disputes over political power, ethnic rights, and visions of the nation. The contributors compare the interplay of race and racism with class, gender, nationality, and regionalism in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. In the process, they engage issues including labor, education, census-taking, cultural appropriation and performance, mestizaje, social mobilization, and antiracist legislation. Their essays shed new light on the present by describing how race and racism have mattered in particular Andean and Mesoamerican societies at specific moments in time.

Contributors
Rossana Barragan
Kathryn Burns
Andres Calla
Pamela Calla
Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld
Maria Elena Garcia
Laura Gotkowitz
Charles R. Hale
Brooke Larson
Claudio Lomnitz
Jose Antonio Lucero
Florencia Mallon
Khantuta Muruchi
Deborah Poole
Seemin Qayum
Arturo Taracena Arriola
Sinclair Thomson
Esteban Ticona Alejo

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	November 2011
Editors:	Laura Gotkowitz
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	416
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8223-5043-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8223-5043-2
Barcode:	9780822350439

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