Race and sex in Latin America / Peter Wade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wade, Peter, 1957-

Series:

Anthropology, culture, and society.

Anthropology, culture, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miscegenation (Racist theory)--Latin America.

Miscegenation (Racist theory).

Sex customs--Latin America.

Sex customs.

Mestizaje.

Racism--Latin America.

Racism.

Sexism--Latin America.

Sexism.

Sex role--Latin America.

Sex role.

Latin America--Race relations.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : ill., map.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave macmillan, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The intersection of race and sex in Latin America is a subject touched upon by many disciplines but this is the first book to deal solely with these issues. Interracial sexual relations are often a key mythic basis for Latin American national identities, but the importance of this has been underexplored. Peter Wade provides a pioneering overview of the growing literature on race and sex in the region, covering historical aspects and contemporary debates. He includes both black and indigenous people in the frame, as well as mixed and white people, avoiding the implication that "race" means "black-white" relations. Challenging but accessible, this book will appeal across the humanities and social sciences, particularly to students of anthropology, gender studies, history and Latin American studies.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-303) and index.

ISBN:

9781783715374

1783715375

9781849644365

1849644365

OCLC:

656846670