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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghidoli, MarĂ­a de Lourdes (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Series:Afro-Latin America.
Subjects:
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.