Description
Book SynopsisInterdisciplinary, pioneering overview of growing literature on race and sex in Latin America
Trade Review'The major contribution of this study lies in its inclusiveness, discussing whites, blacks, indigenous peoples, mixed races, males, females, homosexuals and heterosexuals' -- F. W. Knight, Johns Hopkins University reviewing for Choice
'Fluent and accessible, provides a magisterial overview of the intersecting dynamics of race and sexuality in Latin America, outstanding in its breadth and originality' -- Sarah Radcliffe, Reader in Latin American Geography, University of Cambridge
'Goes well beyond conventional wisdom on the 'mutual constitution of sex and race'' -- Verena Stolcke, Emeritus Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Table of Contents1. Introduction: defining race and sex
2. Explaining the articulation of race and sex
3. Race and sex in colonial Latin America
4. Making nations through race and sex
5. The political economy of race and sex in contemporary Latin America
6. Race, sex and the politics of identity and citizenship
7. Conclusion
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