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Race, ethnicity, and power in Ecuador : the manipulation of mestizaje /

"How do today's Latin American elites understand and relate to ideas of power, race, ethnicity, and mestizaje? And what impact does that understanding have on the dynamics of socioeconomic development in ethnically mixed societies? Focusing on the case of Ecuador - a country struggling to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roitman, Karem, 1980-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : FirstForumPress, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"How do today's Latin American elites understand and relate to ideas of power, race, ethnicity, and mestizaje? And what impact does that understanding have on the dynamics of socioeconomic development in ethnically mixed societies? Focusing on the case of Ecuador - a country struggling to recast its mestizo identity in the aftermath of dramatic indigenous uprisings - Karem Roitman reveals how the urban upper classes represent their ethnicity in ways that both hide discriminatory practices and impede social and economic mobility for the 'other'. This book also reveals how Ecuador's urban upper classes represent their mestizo identity in ways that both hide discriminatory practices and impede social and economic mobility for the 'other'."--Publisher description
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 319 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-314) and index.
ISBN:9781626371569
1626371563