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9%OFFMarisol de La Cadena - Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919-1991 - 9780822324201 - V9780822324201
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Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919-1991

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Description for Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919-1991 Paperback. In the early twentieth century, Peruvian intellectuals, like their European counterparts, rejected biological categories of race as a basis for discrimination. This title traces the history of the notion of race from this turn-of-the-century definition to a denial of the definition's scientific validity. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 21 b&w photographs, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 708.
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 of racism in Peru.

De la Cadena’s ethnographically and historically rich study examines how indigenous citizens of the city of Cuzco have been conceived by others as well as how they have viewed themselves and ... Read more

This highly original synthesis of diverse theoretical arguments brought to bear on a series of case studies will be of interest to scholars of cultural anthropology, postcolonialism, race and ethnicity, gender studies, and history, in addition to Latin Americanists.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
Series
Latin America Otherwise
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822324201
SKU
V9780822324201
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About Marisol de La Cadena
Marisol de la Cadena is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis.

Reviews for Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919-1991
“This is a gripping book on how and why all the people of the city of Cuzco practice a cruel and elaborate game of discrimination against each other. . . . De la Cadena has successfully shifted the paradigm with which these issues used to be treated. There is enough challenging material in this book to set the standard by ... Read more

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