Pigmentocracies Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America / Edward Telles and the Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Telles, Edward Eric, 1956-

Contributor:

Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic groups--Latin America--Cross-cultural studies.

Ethnic groups.

Latin America--Race relations--Cross-cultural studies.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 297 pages)

Edition:

1 Edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pigmentocracies --the fruit of the multiyear Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA)--is a richly revealing analysis of contemporary attitudes toward ethnicity and race in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, four of Latin America's most populous nations. Based on extensive, original sociological and anthropological data generated by PERLA, this landmark study analyzes ethnoracial classification, inequality, and discrimination, as well as public opinion about Afro-descended and indigenous social movements and policies that foster greater social inclusiveness, all set within an ethnoracial history of each country. A once-in-a-generation examination of contemporary ethnicity, this book promises to contribute in significant ways to policymaking and public opinion in Latin America. Edward Telles, PERLA's principal investigator, explains that profound historical and political forces, including multiculturalism, have helped to shape the formation of ethnic identities and the nature of social relations within and across nations. One of Pigmentocracies 's many important conclusions is that unequal social and economic status is at least as much a function of skin color as of ethnoracial identification. Investigators also found high rates of discrimination by color and ethnicity widely reported by both targets and witnesses. Still, substantial support across countries was found for multicultural-affirmative policies--a notable result given that in much of modern Latin America race and ethnicity have been downplayed or ignored as key factors despite their importance for earlier nation-building.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA) : hard data and what is at stake

The different faces of mestizaje : ethnicity and race in Mexico

Colombia : from whitened miscegenation to triethnic multiculturalism

"El pa's de todas las sangres? : race and ethnicity in contemporary Peru

Mixed and unequal : new perspectives on brazilian ethnoracial relations

A comparative analysis of ethnicity, race, and color based on PERLA findings

Notes

References

About the authors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908448-3-5

979-88-908448-4-2

1-4696-1785-4

1-4696-1784-6

OCLC:

899006941