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oapen-20.500.12657-895132024-04-04T12:43:51Z Beyond Mestizaje Islas Weinstein, Tania Ang, Milena Politics and government;Political ideologies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements 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 in the country’s public sphere and academia. This book introduces readers to a sample of these diverse and sometimes conflicting views that also intersect with discussions of class. The activists and scholars included in the volume come from fields such as anthropology, linguistics, history, sociology, and political science. Through these diverse epistemological frameworks, the authors show how people in contemporary Mexico interpret the world in racial terms and denounce racism. 2024-04-04T12:42:48Z 2024-04-04T12:42:48Z 2024 book 9781943208678 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89513 eng application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9781943208685.epub Amherst College Press 10.3998/mpub.14369172 10.3998/mpub.14369172 bd61c84b-c01e-472d-a7b1-a72ad38700ed 9781943208678 397 open access
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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 in the country’s public sphere and academia. This book introduces readers to a sample of these diverse and sometimes conflicting views that also intersect with discussions of class. The activists and scholars included in the volume come from fields such as anthropology, linguistics, history, sociology, and political science. Through these diverse epistemological frameworks, the authors show how people in contemporary Mexico interpret the world in racial terms and denounce racism.
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