Peter Wade

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Blackness and Race Mixture: The Dynamics of Racial Identity in ColombiaPaperback, 19 September 1995

Blackness and Race Mixture: The Dynamics of Racial Identity in Colombia
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Part of Series
Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History & Culture
Print Length
432 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published
19 Sep 1995
ISBN-10
080185251X
ISBN-13
9780801852510

Description

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 in the broadest sense - there remains a complex discrimination against blacks. To explain this phenomenon, Peter Wade focuses on the black population of the Choco province in Colombia - an area where the typical Latin American ambiguity surrounding racial identity is countered by the more definitive "black" identity of the local inhabitants. Drawing on extensive anthropological fieldwork, Wade shows how the concept of "blackness" and discrimination are deeply embedded in different social levels and contexts - from region to neighborhood, and from politics and economics to housing, marriage, music, and personal identity. By uncovering what "blackness" means to the Chocoanos and how "blackness" is reproduced and transformed in different contexts, Wade brings to the study of race a perspective sophisticated enough to account for the real complexities of "blackness, " "mixedness, " and "whiteness"; the conflicts among race, ethnicity, and national ideologies; the development and transformation of cultural identities; the persistence of racial inequality and racism; and the constitution of society through topography and regionality.

Product Details

Author:
Peter Wade
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
19 September 1995
Dimensions:
22.89 x 15.37 x 2.72 cm
ISBN-10:
080185251X
ISBN-13:
9780801852510
Language:
English
Location:
Baltimore
Pages:
432
Weight:
603.28 gm

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