From colonial subjects to post-colonial citizens? Considerations for a contemporary study of Black México.
The Mexican government is currently attempting to incorporate Black Mexicans into the national cultural landscape. However, the centring of whiteness through mestizaje limits the possibilities of Black inclusion by continuing to imagine the archetypal Mexican citizen as non-Black. Therefore, a colon...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 42; no. 10; pp. 2434 - 2451 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct 2021
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