Category: Anthropology

  • More Than Just Party Music: New Book ‘Remixing Reggaetón’ Mines the Complicated Racial Politics of the Genre Remezcla 2015-10-21 Walter Thompson-Hernández Los Angeles, California For centuries, the complexities of racism in Latin America have been overshadowed by the false perception that high rates of racial mixture have created a racially democratic Latin American society. In…

  • Afro-Mexicans Are Pushing For Legal Recognition in Mexico’s National Constitution Remezcla 2015-11-09 Walter Thompson-Hernández Los Angeles, California The myth of the Latin American racial democracy, scholars believe, began in Brazil following the abolishment of slavery in 1888, when government officials declared that high rates of racial mixing had officially absolved the nation of its racial…

  • Cachita’s Streets: The Virgin of Charity, Race, and Revolution in Cuba Duke University Press 2015 376 pages 27 illustrations Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8223-5918-0 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8223-5937-1 Jalane D. Schmidt, Associate Professor of Religious Studies University of Virginia Cuba’s patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, also called Cachita, is a potent symbol of Cuban…

  • La melaza que llora: How to Keep the Term Afro-Latino from Losing Its Power Latino Rebels 2015-10-16 Jason Nichols, Lecturer in African American Studies University of Maryland Me quiere hacer pensar/ que soy parte de una trilogía racial/ donde todo el mundo es igual/ sin trato especial/ se perdonar/ eres tú que no sabe disculpar/…

  • The Spectacle of the Races: Scientists, Institutions, and the Race Questions in Brazil, 1870-1930 (review) Bulletin of the History of Medicine Volume 75, Number 1, Spring 2001 pages 152-153 DOI: 10.1353/bhm.2001.0014 J. D. Goodyear, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director, Public Health Studies Program Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Lilia Moritz Schwarcz. The Spectacle of the…

  • Public Symposium — DNA and Indigeneity Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH) Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2015-10-22, 12:30-17:30 PDT (Local Time) On October 22 at 12:30 pm, join us for the DNA and Indigeneity: The Changing Role of Genetics in Indigenous Rights, Tribal Belonging, and Repatriation conference in downtown Vancouver.…

  • Race Correction and Inequalities in Medicine ANTH 1310 S01: International Health: Anthropological Perspectives Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 2015-10-02 Methma Udawatta The history of medicine is fraught with unnecessary racialization. In “The Diseased Heart of Africa: Medicine, Colonialism, and the Black Body,” Comaroff writes about how the black body became “associated with degradation, disease, and…

  • I Am the Blood of the Conqueror; I Am the Blood of the Conquered Christina Torres: Teacher. Runner. Writer. 2015-10-12 Christina Torres, Middle and high school English and Drama Teacher University Laboratory School, Honolulu, Hawaii I didn’t know the true extent of Columbus’s reign of horror until a few months ago. Sitting in a Nashville…

  • My First Event at the Schomburg – “Resisting Limitations: AfroLatinos and Radical Identity” the colored boy 2015-10-01 Alexander Hardy So, I’m doing a thing at the Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture for Hispanic Heritage Month. But unlike the majority of the celebrations, lists of notable Latinos and mainstream media representations of people in…

  • Obama and hip-hop: a breakup song The Washington Post 2015-09-25 Erik Nielson, Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts University of Richmond Travis L. Gosa, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Erik Nielson is an assistant professor of liberal arts at the University of Richmond. Travis L. Gosa is an assistant professor of…