Cases of exclusion and mobilization of race and ethnicities in Latin America / edited by Marc Becker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Becker, Marc (Professor of history), editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Race relations.

Latin America.

Race relations.

Latin America--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Latin America--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Latin America--Civilization.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

vi, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2013.

Summary:

Issues of race and ethnicity in Latin America continue to gain a growing amount of attention. The papers collected in this volume draw on a wide range of studies from across Latin America, including the examination of ethnohistory, the environment and culture.

Contents:

Introduction. Cases of exclusion and mobilization of race and ethnicities in Latin America / Marc Becker

Nationalism and republicanism: the Patria of Bolívar / José Antonio Aguilar Rivera

Toward a canon of Latin American political thought: incorporating the indigenous writings / Katherine Hoyt

Mexican indigenous past in Baja California Sur: a case of institutional racism? / Alexandra Sauvage

The ethnic dynamic of anti-systemic social movements in Bolivia and their aftermath under Evo Morales' administration / Magda von der Heydt-Coca

Political representation of indigenous peoples in Peru: perceptions of indigenous leaders and characteristics of the Peruvian model / Aída Villanueva M.

Mobilizing against the limits of multiculturalism in Chile: Mapuche hunger strikes and grassroots alliances / Diane Haughney

(Peasant farmer native) indigenous autonomies in Bolivia: developments and shortcomings (2009-2012) / Alexandra Tomaselli

Empowerment through ethno-education in a disempowering context: "Ser Alguien en la Vida" and the Colombian Wayuu / Esteban Ferrero Botero

Photography and racialism: images of an absence / Rafael Acosta de Arriba

P'urhepecha women in the public sphere: contributions and traditional conditioning / María de Lourdes Barón León.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1443846635

9781443846639

OCLC:

830813246

Publisher Number:

99954159888