Comments on Mara Loveman, “Whiteness in Latin America as Seen Through Official Statistics (1870-1930)”
Although this article can legitimately present itself, as it does at the outset, as an ironic Latin American counterpoint to U.S.-based critical “whiteness” studies, its main subject – the politics of race in census-taking in Latin America – is obviously of great importance in itself. The paper exa...
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| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Nuevo mundo mundos nuevos
2009
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Although this article can legitimately present itself, as it does at the outset, as an ironic Latin American counterpoint to U.S.-based critical “whiteness” studies, its main subject – the politics of race in census-taking in Latin America – is obviously of great importance in itself. The paper examines censuses and their accompanying commentary in more than a dozen Latin American countries over the period of 1870 to 1930. What Mara Loveman does above all is to show how governing elites cons... |
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