Race in Buenos Aires. Blackness, Whiteness, African Descent and Mestizaje in the White Capital City

This article analyzes how racial categories are produced and reproduced in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city. To that end, this article focuses on the cases of three Afro-Descendant porteña women who, by local standards, are fully white.  Their stories allow us to explore, in the first place, h...

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Autor principal: Geler, Lea; CONICET/UBA
Otros Autores: Conicet, Foncyt
Formato: publishedVersion Artículo
Lenguaje:Español
Español
Publicado: Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/2226
http://repositorio.filo.uba.ar/handle/filodigital/2325
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topic Whiteness and Blackness
Mestizaje
Afro-Argentines
Racism
Buenos Aires
Race
Raza
Blanquitud y Negritud
Mestizaje
Afrodescendencia
Racismo
Buenos Aires
Branquidade e Negritude
Mestiçagem
Afro-descendentes
Racismo
Buenos Aires
spellingShingle Whiteness and Blackness
Mestizaje
Afro-Argentines
Racism
Buenos Aires
Race
Raza
Blanquitud y Negritud
Mestizaje
Afrodescendencia
Racismo
Buenos Aires
Branquidade e Negritude
Mestiçagem
Afro-descendentes
Racismo
Buenos Aires
Geler, Lea; CONICET/UBA
Race in Buenos Aires. Blackness, Whiteness, African Descent and Mestizaje in the White Capital City
topic_facet Whiteness and Blackness
Mestizaje
Afro-Argentines
Racism
Buenos Aires
Race
Raza
Blanquitud y Negritud
Mestizaje
Afrodescendencia
Racismo
Buenos Aires
Branquidade e Negritude
Mestiçagem
Afro-descendentes
Racismo
Buenos Aires
description This article analyzes how racial categories are produced and reproduced in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city. To that end, this article focuses on the cases of three Afro-Descendant porteña women who, by local standards, are fully white.  Their stories allow us to explore, in the first place, how categories like “black,” “white,” and others are used and understood in contemporary Buenos Aires and how this use configures two types of blackness (racial blackness and popular blackness) and makes it impossible for mestizaje categories to emerge. In the second place, through these cases this article explores how people’s very “ways of being” are at play, creating a discriminatory and oppressive environment for people at risk of not matching the ideal of the nation.
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title Race in Buenos Aires. Blackness, Whiteness, African Descent and Mestizaje in the White Capital City
title_short Race in Buenos Aires. Blackness, Whiteness, African Descent and Mestizaje in the White Capital City
title_full Race in Buenos Aires. Blackness, Whiteness, African Descent and Mestizaje in the White Capital City
title_fullStr Race in Buenos Aires. Blackness, Whiteness, African Descent and Mestizaje in the White Capital City
title_full_unstemmed Race in Buenos Aires. Blackness, Whiteness, African Descent and Mestizaje in the White Capital City
title_sort race in buenos aires. blackness, whiteness, african descent and mestizaje in the white capital city
publisher Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas
publishDate 2016
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