Beyond Mestizaje : contemporary debates on race in Mexico /

"Racism has historically been a taboo topic in Mexico. This is largely due to the nationalist project of mestizaje which contends that because all Mexicans are racially mixed, race is not a salient political issue. In recent years, however, race and racism have become important topics of debate...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Ang, Milena (Editor), Islas Weinstein, Tania (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst, Massachusetts : Amherst College Press, [2024]
Subjects:	Mestizaje > Social aspects > Mexico. Racism against Black people > Mexico. Racism against Indigenous peoples > Mexico. Racism > Mexico. Racisme à l'égard des autochtones > Mexique. Racisme à l'égard des personnes noires > Mexique. Racisme > Mexique. Mexico > Race relations.

Table of Contents:

Note on the Translations / Ellen Jones
Introduction: Un Lugar de Encuentro / Milena Ang and Tania Islas Weinstein
Interlude I. Race is an Illusion / Jumko Ogata-Aguilar
Chapter 1. Key Aspects of Mexican Racism: "Blanquitud," Nationalism, and Mestizaje / Eugenia Iturriaga
Interlude II. What is Disgust For? Anti-Black Racism in Mexico / M̤nica G. Moreno Figueroa
Chapter 2. Notes on the History of Racial Capitalism and Slavery in Mexico / Perla Valero
Chapter 3. Ethno-racial Inequality in Mexico: A Multidimensional Perspective / Patricio Sol̕s and Braulio G|̌mez
Interlude III. Mirrors for Gold: The Paradoxes of Inclusion / Ỳsnaya Elena A. Gil
Chapter 4. The Double Standard of Success: Narratives of Inequality, Social Mobility, and "Meritocratic Mestizaje" / M̀ximo Ernesto Jaramillo-Molina
Chapter 5. "Whiteness" and the Afterlives of Mestizaje in Neoliberal Mexico / Alejandra Leal
Interlude IV. The Black Afro-Mexican Movement: A Space for Women in the Twenty-First Century / Itza Amanda Varela Huerta
Chapter 6. Mestizaje in Mexico and the Specter of Capital / Alfonso Forssell M̌ndez
Chapter 7. The Racialization of Class as a Manifestation of Racial Capitalism / Hugo Ceron-Anaya
Interlude V. Invisible Maya Communities: Indigenous Territory and the Nation-State in the Yucat̀n / Još ℓngel Koyoc K͠ (K'ajlay)
Chapter 8. Racialization and Privilege among Mexican Elites / Alice Krozer
Interlude VI. Environmental Racism in Mexico and its Emotional Effects: The case of the Chacahua-Pastor̕a Lagoons in the Pacific Coast of Oaxaca / Meztli Yoalli Rodr̕guez Aguilera
Chapter 9. Racialized Dispossession in Energy Transition: Indigenous Communities, Communal Lands, and Wind Farms in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico / Josefa S̀nchez Contreras
Chapter 10. Reconfiguring Methodologies for the Study of Textiles: Weaving and Wearing the Huipil in Villa Hidalgo Yal̀lag / Ariadna Solis
Interlude VII. The Communal Dynamics of Textile
Identity: #MyTlahuiBlouse / Taj͡͡w B. D̕az Robles.