Racial Subordination in Latin America : the Role of the State, Customary Law, and the New Civil Rights Response.

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Examines customary laws of racial regulation and the historic complicity of Latin American states in erecting and sustaining racial hierarchies.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hernandez, Tanya Kateri
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > Latin America.
Africans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Latin America.
Customary law > Latin America.
Civil rights > Latin America.
Droit coutumier > Amérique latine.
Africans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Civil rights
Customary law
Race discrimination > Law and legislation
Latin America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; RACIAL SUBORDINATION IN LATIN AMERICA; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; MAPS; 1 RACIAL INNOCENCE AND THE CUSTOMARY LAW OF RACE REGULATION; "¡NO SOMOS RACISTAS!" "WE ARE NOT RACISTS!" THE RACISM-DENIAL CLOAK AROUND ACTUAL DISCRIMINATION; THE CUSTOMARY LAW OF RACE REGULATION; 2 SPANISH AMERICA WHITENING THE RACE
  • THE UN(WRITTEN) LAWS OF BLANQUEAMIENTO AND MESTIZAJE; ARGENTINA AS THE EPITOME OF BLANQUEAMIENTO; STATE SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION ACROSS SPANISH AMERICA; REGIONAL HINDRANCES TO THE BLANQUEAMIENTO IMMIGRATION PROJECT; THE MESTIZAJE COMPLEMENT TO BLANQUEAMIENTO.
  • The census as an instrument of blanqueamiento and mestizaje3 brazilian "jim crow": the immigration law whitening project and the customary law of racial segregation
  • a case study; the legal enactment of racial regulation
  • immigration law; segregation of the labor market; racial segregation by customary law: the construction of white spaces; state whitening project through public education; regulation of african-based religions as branqueamento; the shift from branqueamento to mestiçagem; 4 the social exclusion of afro-descendants in latin america today; the brazilian case study.
  • 5 AFRO-DESCENDANT SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS AND THE NEW ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWSTHE DEVELOPMENT OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION IN THE REGION; CRIMINAL LAW FOCUS OF ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAW; THE PERUVIAN EXAMPLE OF CONSUMER AND EMPLOYMENT LAWS; THE COLOMBIAN EXAMPLE OF MULTICULTURAL CONSTITUTIONS, LAND RIGHTS, AND CURRICULUM REFORM; THE BRAZILIAN EXAMPLE OF STRIVING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ANTIDISCRIMINATION LEGAL SYSTEM; AMPARO CONSTITUTIONAL ENFORCEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA; Census Racial Data Enforcement Challenge; Rule of Law Enforcement Challenge; The International Human Rights Context.
  • 6 brazil: at the forefront of latin american race-based affirmative action policies and census racial data collectionbrazil's affirmative action debate; census and identity challenges to antidiscrimnation law implementation; 7 conclusion: the united states-latin america connections; appendix a: afro-descendant organizations in latin america; aegentina; bolivia; brazil; chile; colombia; costa rica; cuba; dominican republic; ecuador; guatemala; honduras; mexico; nicaragua; panama; paraguay; peru; uruguay; venezuela; appendix b: typology of latin american racial antidiscrimination measures.

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