Blackness and race mixture : the dynamics of racial identity in Colombia / Peter Wade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wade, Peter, 1957-

Series:

Johns Hopkins studies in Atlantic history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Race identity--Colombia.

Black people--Race identity.

Race relations.

Miscegenation (Racist theory).

History.

Colombia.

Miscegenation (Racist theory)--Colombia--History.

Colombia--Race relations.

Colombia--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xv, 415 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Johns Hopkins paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.

Summary:

The idea of "racial democracy" in Latin American populations has traditionally assumed that class is a more significant factor than race. But despite the emergence of a mestizo class--people who are culturally and racially mixed--there remains a complex discrimination against blacks. Drawing on extensive anthropological fieldwork, Wade shows how the concept of "blackness" and discrimination are deeply embedded in different social levels and contexts.

Contents:

Introduction

Cultural topography

Chocoanos on the frontier and in the city

Blackness and mixedness

Appendixes

Illustrations

Maps.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-404) and index.

ISBN:

080185251X

OCLC:

36375755