ISBN:
9780813072814
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (234 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
New World Diasporas Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.896072
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book delves into the ongoing movement toward recognizing Black Mexicans as a cultural group within the nation, focusing on this process in the Costa Chica region in order to explore the relational aspects of citizenship and the place of Black people in how modern citizenship is imagined.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Citizenship and Black Recognition in Mexico -- 1. Chasing Blackness: Racial Geography and a Methodology for Locating Blackness in Mexico -- 2. Dark Matter, Ideology, and Blackness in the Conceptualization of Mestizaje -- 3. Recognizing Culture and Making Difference Official -- 4. Citizenship, Black Value, and the Production of the Black Subject in Mexico -- 5. A Black Subject Position and Narrative Representations of Blackness in the Costa Chica -- Conclusion: Black Visibility and the Limits of Black Recognition in Mexico -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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