Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919-1991

by Marisol de la Cadena

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In the early twentieth century, Peruvian intellectuals, unlike their European counterparts, rejected biological categories of race as a basis for discrimination. But this did not eliminate social hierarchies; instead, it redefined racial categories as cultural differences, such as differences in education or manners. In Indigenous Mestizos Marisol de la Cadena traces the history of the notion of race from this turn-of-the-century definition to a hegemony...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822324202

ISBN13:9780822324201

Release Date:February 2000

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:424 Pages

Weight:1.58 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Cultural Discrimination & Racism Ethnic Studies History Latin America Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Peru Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences South America Specific Demographics

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