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Unparalleled in its thoroughness, its accessibility, and its
relevance to all areas of Latin American studies, this volume is a
dictionary of 21,000 terms related to race, ethnicity, gender, and
sexuality used in the region over the past five centuries. It
includes the languages of Spanish, Portuguese, French, and their
Creoles, and encompasses an interdisciplinary range of sources that
highlight the intersectional nature of identity. The words and
phrases in this dictionary are accompanied by detailed English
definitions, literal translations, and notes on etymology and
usage, including the region and time period in which the terms have
occurred. Cross-references assist readers looking for synonyms,
antonyms, or alternate spellings. The volume contains equivalent
terms from the Francophone Indian Ocean islands, due to the history
of colonialism they share with the Antilles, as well as terms from
Africa that are connected to the Americas via the slave trade.
Terms and definitions are taken from humanities and social science
scholarship, literary works, personal interviews, colonial
documents, and internet discourse. The dictionary also features a
historical, cultural, and theoretical introduction, as well as an
extensive bibliography. Addressing the reality that categories for
identity are highly fluid, contentious, and contextually bound,
Dictionary of Latin American Identities is a helpful guide to such
nuances and complexities for researchers who are not fluent in the
languages of a given country or area. It will serve as an
invaluable reference for understanding and correctly using the
myriad words that describe and classify identities in Latin
America.
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