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  • Pelo Malo (Bad Hair)

    Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) Sudaca Films 2013 Venezuela 93 minutes color Written and Directed by Mariana Rondón Produced by Marité Ugás Starring Samuel Lange as Junior Samantha Castillo as Marta Junior is nine years old and has “bad hair.” He wants to have it straightened for his yearbook picture, like a fashionable pop singer. This…

  • Trans-American Modernisms: Racial Passing, Travel Writing, and Cultural Fantasies of Latin America

    Trans-American Modernisms: Racial Passing, Travel Writing, and Cultural Fantasies of Latin America University of Southern California August 2009 311 pages Ruth Blandón Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ENGLISH) In my historical examination of the literary…

  • Gender Differences in Ancestral Contribution and Admixture in Venezuelan Populations

    Gender Differences in Ancestral Contribution and Admixture in Venezuelan Populations Human Biology Volume 83, Number 3 (June 2011) pages 345-361 E-ISSN: 1534-6617 Print ISSN: 0018-7143 D. Castro De Guerra Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas C. Figuera Perez Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas M. H. Izaguirre Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas E. Arroyo Barahona Universidad Central…

  • Negotiating Honor: Women and Slavery in Caracas, 1750-1854

    Negotiating Honor: Women and Slavery in Caracas, 1750-1854 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque May 2011 214 pages Sue E. Taylor A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History This study examines three interrelated groups—female slaves, female slave owners, and free women of African heritage—living in the…

  • Representing gods in a mixed-race society: Images, rituals and politics in María Lionza’s cult (Venezuela)

    Representing gods in a mixed-race society: Images, rituals and politics in María Lionza’s cult (Venezuela) University of St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom Centre for Amerindian, Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CAS) Social Anthropology Seminar Room (Room 50, St Salvator’s Building) 2010-03-17, 15:00Z to 17:00Z Roger Canals University of Barcelona Roger Canals, University of Barcelona, will…

  • Rethinking Mestizaje: Ideology and Lived Experience

    Rethinking Mestizaje: Ideology and Lived Experience Journal of Latin American Studies 2005 Number 37, Issue 2 Pages 239–257 DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X05008990 Peter Wade, Professor of Social Anthropology University of Manchester The ideology of mestizaje (mixture) in Latin America has frequently been seen as involving a process of national homogenisation and of hiding a reality of racist…

  • Danzas Nacionalistas: The representation of history through folkloric dance in Venezuela

    Danzas Nacionalistas: The representation of history through folkloric dance in Venezuela Critique of Anthropology (2002) Vol. 22, No. 3 pages 257-282 DOI: 10.1177/0308275X02022003758 Iveris Luz Martínez Johns Hopkins University In this article I argue that the nation is not only invented or imagined, but depends on activities and practices in order to be invented and…