Format:
1 online resource (260 pages)
ISBN:
9781139782821
Content:
This book examines customary laws of racial regulation and the historic complicity of Latin American states in erecting and sustaining racial hierarchies.
Content:
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 MESTIZAJE -- 3 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 LAWS -- THE 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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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107024861
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107024861
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1042513
