Format:
1 online resource (viii, 247 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781107695436
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9781139176125
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9781107024861
Content:
There are approximately 150 million people of African descent in Latin America yet Afro-descendants have been consistently marginalized as undesirable elements of the society. Latin America has nevertheless long prided itself on its absence of US-styled state-mandated Jim Crow racial segregation laws. This book disrupts the traditional narrative of Latin America's legally benign racial past by comprehensively examining the existence of customary laws of racial regulation and the historic complicity of Latin American states in erecting and sustaining racial hierarchies. Tanya Katerí Hernández is the first author to consider the salience of the customary law of race regulation for the contemporary development of racial equality laws across the region. Therefore, the book has a particular relevance for the contemporary US racial context in which Jim Crow laws have long been abolished and a 'post-racial' rhetoric undermines the commitment to racial equality laws and policies amidst a backdrop of continued inequality.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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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
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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
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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
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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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BIBLIOGRAPHYPrimary Sources; Decrees, Statutes, Rules, and Constitutions; Case Law; Newspapers and Magazines; Other Primary Sources; Interviews; Secondary Sources; Books and Publications; Articles and Book Chapters; Theses, Dissertations, Presentations, and Working Papers; Internet Sites; INDEX
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107024861
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107024861
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
Keywords:
Lateinamerika
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Rassismus
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Menschenrecht
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139176125
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