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Raza y política en Hispanoamérica

2021; Duke University Press; Volume: 101; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1215/00182168-8796550

1527-1900

Mara Loveman,

Historical Studies in Latin America

Book Review| February 01 2021 Raza y política en Hispanoamérica Raza y política en Hispanoamérica. Edited by Pérez Vejo, Tomás and Yankelevich, Pablo. Diásporas. Madrid: Iberoamericana Vervuert; Mexico City: Bonilla Artigas Editores; Mexico City: El Colegio de México, 2017. Notes. Bibliographies. 384 pp. Paper, €34.00. Mara Loveman Mara Loveman University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Hispanic American Historical Review (2021) 101 (1): 141–143. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-8796550 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Mara Loveman; Raza y política en Hispanoamérica. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 February 2021; 101 (1): 141–143. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-8796550 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsHispanic American Historical Review Search Advanced Search Race is not merely an important part of politics in Latin America; it is foundational of politics itself. This is the central argument presented by Tomás Pérez Vejo and Pablo Yankelevich in their introduction to this exceptional collection of original historical essays on race, nation, and politics in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin America. The volume does not offer a singular narrative of how race constitutes and is constituted by politics in the region. Rather, the stated aim of Raza y política en Hispanoamérica is “to contribute to understanding the multiple strands of the relationships between race and politics in el espacio hispanoamericano” as part of ongoing debates that seek “to understand and explain the complexity of the processes of nation making” in the region (pp. 12, 15). The editors succeed in this aim. The ten original chapters that comprise the volume offer... Copyright © 2021 by Duke University Press2021 Issue Section: Longue Durée You do not currently have access to this content.