Race and Ethnicity in Latin America: Second Edition (Anthropology, Culture and Society) - Hardcover

Wade, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745329489 ISBN 13: 9780745329482

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2010

Synopsis

For over ten years, Race and Ethnicity in Latin America has been an essential text for students studying the region. This second edition adds new material and brings the analysis up to date.

Race and ethnic identities are increasingly salient in Latin America. Peter Wade examines changing perspectives on Black and Indian populations in the region, tracing similarities and differences in the way these peoples have been seen by academics and national elites. Race and ethnicity as analytical concepts are re-examined in order to assess their usefulness.

This book should be the first port of call for anthropologists and sociologists studying identity in Latin America.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Wade is a Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Race and Sex in Latin America (Pluto, 2009) and Race, Nature and Culture (Pluto, 2002).

Review:

"An excellent source on past and present debates, and a coherent and insightful set of proposals concerning methodology." --International Affairs "A much needed up-to-date and accessible discussion of key issues in Latin America." --A. Sillitoe, Social Sciences, Staffordshire University "An interesting, clearly written book, well illustrated by examples, which will be a valued introduction to [the issues in Latin America." SLAS Newsletter, October 1997  

About this edition

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0745329489
• ISBN 13: 9780745329482
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 192