Stereotypes in Black : Afro-Argentines and visual culture in nineteenth-century Buenos Aires /
"This book highlights the construction and repeated use of racial stereotypes of the Afro-Argentine population, and how this strategy of invisibilization created the desire for a homogeneous nation. It will interest students and scholars of nineteenth century Latin America, the African diaspora...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2026.
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| Series: | Afro-Latin America.
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Table of Contents:
- Servants of African Origin : The Stigma of Servitude
- Rosas and an African Invasion in Buenos Aires
- Grotesque Representations : Devils, Buffoons, and Distorted Figures
- Portraits of the Others
- Biographies and Portraits : Between Progress and Affection
- The Way of the Artists : Press and Sociability
- The Faces of Bernardo de Monteagudo : The Impossibility of a non-white Hero.