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 ...
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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 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 places these conceptions within the struggle for political identity and representation. Demonstrating that the terms Indian and mestizo are complex, ambivalent, and influenced by social, legal, and political changes, she provides close readings of everyday concepts such as marketplace identity, religious ritual, grassroots dance, and popular culture, as well as of such common terms as respect, decency, and education. She shows how Indian has come to mean an indigenous person without economic and educational means-one who is illiterate, impoverished, and rural. Mestizo, on the other hand, has come to refer to an urban, usually literate, and economically successful person claiming indigenous heritage and participating in indigenous cultural practices. De la Cadena argues that this version of de-Indianization-which, rather than assimilation, is a complex political negotiation for a dignified identity-does not cancel the economic and political equalities of racism in Peru, although it has made room for some people to reclaim a decolonized Andean cultural heritage. 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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Near Fine with no dust jacket. 0822323850. This is a new book with a remainder mark on the bottom edge. Lacking DJ. No ownership or other marks in book.; Latin America Otherwise; 9.44 X 6.34 X 1.45 inches; 424 pages.
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VG+ Octavo. Tan cloth covered boards and spine with dark brown lettering on the front board and the spine. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine with a trace of accompanying rubbing at the head. Olive colored endpapers. Binding is straight and tight; pages all clean, white, and crisp. 408 pages. No dust jacket. Short black remainder mark on the lower edge of the textblock.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 408pp/illus. Contents: Past Dialogues About Race: An Introduction to the Present; Decency in 1920 Urban Cuzco: The Cradle of the Indigenistas; Liberal Indigenistas versus Tawantinsuyu: The Making of the Indian; Class, Modernity, & Mestizaje: New Incas & Old Indians; Insolent Mestizas & Respeto: The Redefinition of Mestizaje; Cuzqueñismo, Respeto, & Discrimination: The Mayordomías of Almudena; Respeto & Authenticity: Grassroots Intellectuals & De-Indianized Indigenous Culture; Indigenous Mestizos, De-Indianization, & Discrimination; Cultural Racism in Cuzco. Clean.