Pigmentocracies : ethnicity, race, and color in Latin America / Edward Telles and the Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA).

Author/creator Telles, Edward Eric, 1956- author.
Other author Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America.
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Descriptionxvii, 297 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Ethnic groups--Latin America. --Cross-cultural studies.
Latin America--Race relations. --Cross-cultural studies.

Contents Acknowledgments -- The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA) : hard data and what is at stake -- The different faces of mestizaje : ethnicity and race in Mexico -- Colombia : from whitened miscegenation to triethnic multiculturalism -- "El pa's de todas las sangres? : race and ethnicity in contemporary Peru -- Mixed and unequal : new perspectives on brazilian ethnoracial relations -- A comparative analysis of ethnicity, race, and color based on PERLA findings -- Notes -- References -- About the authors -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formCross-cultural studies.
LCCN 2014024703
ISBN9781469617831 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN1469617838 (pbk : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN562 .T45 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold