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Yo Soy Negro: Blackness in Peru (New World Diasporas)
Tanya Maria Golash-Boza
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Description for Yo Soy Negro: Blackness in Peru (New World Diasporas)
Paperback. Addresses what it means to be black in Peru. Based on extensive ethnographic work in the country and informed by more than eighty interviews with Peruvians of African descent, this ground breaking study explains how ideas of race, colour, and mestizaje in Peru differ greatly from those held in other Latin American nations. Series: New World Diasporas. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Yo Soy Negro is the first book in English--in fact, the first book in any language in more than two decades--to address what it means to be black in Peru. Based on extensive ethnographic work in the country and informed by more than eighty interviews with Peruvians of African descent, this ground breaking study explains how ideas of race, colour, and mestizaje in Peru differ greatly from those held in other Latin American nations.
The conclusion that Tanya Maria Golash-Boza draws from her rigourous inquiry is that Peruvians of African descent give meaning to blackness without always ... Read more
Yo Soy Negro is the first book in English--in fact, the first book in any language in more than two decades--to address what it means to be black in Peru. Based on extensive ethnographic work in the country and informed by more than eighty interviews with Peruvians of African descent, this ground breaking study explains how ideas of race, colour, and mestizaje in Peru differ greatly from those held in other Latin American nations.
The conclusion that Tanya Maria Golash-Boza draws from her rigourous inquiry is that Peruvians of African descent give meaning to blackness without always ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
Series
New World Diasporas
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813044491
SKU
V9780813044491
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About Tanya Maria Golash-Boza
Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, assistant professor of sociology and American studies at the University of Kansas, is the author of Immigration Nation?: Raids, Detentions and Deportations in Post-9/11 America.
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