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  • Racial Intermarriage in the Americas

    We propose a theory of intergenerational mixture and intermarriage and discuss implications for the role of preferences versus structure, universalism and education, and mulato escape-hatch theory.

  • Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America [Brunsma Review]

    Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America [Brunsma Review] Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 39, Issue 3, 2016 pages 492-494 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1095308 David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America, by Edward Telles and the Project on Ethnicity and Race…

  • Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America

    Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America University of North Carolina Press October 2014 320 pages 59 figs., 4 maps, 23 tables, notes, bibl., index 6.125 x 9.25 Paper ISBN: 978-1-4696-1783-1 Edward E. Telles, Professor of Sociology Princeton University and The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA) Princeton University Pigmentocracies—the fruit…

  • Making Race Count in the Census

    Making Race Count in the Census New York University King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South New York, New York 10012 Wednesday, 2014-09-17, 18:30-21:00 EDT (Local Time) Are Hispanics becoming white? Are Latin@s a race? How can we account for race and ethnicity in ways that best represent our interests? Can…

  • The Color Of Health: Skin Color, Ethnoracial Classification, And Discrimination In The Health Of Latin Americans

    The Color Of Health: Skin Color, Ethnoracial Classification, And Discrimination In The Health Of Latin Americans Social Science & Medicine Available online: 2014-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.054 Krista M. Perreira, Professor of Public Policy and Associate Dean Office for Undergraduate Research University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Edward E. Telles, Professor of Sociology Princeton University, Princeton, New…

  • Not Just Color: Whiteness, nation, and status in Latin America

    Not Just Color: Whiteness, nation, and status in Latin America Hispanic American Historical Review Volume 93, Number 3 (August 2013) pages 411-449 DOI: 10.1215/00182168-2210858 Edward Telles, Professor of Sociology Princeton University René Flores Princeton University In this study we use statistical analysis of nationally representative surveys from the 2010 AmericasBarometer to examine how color, nationality, and…

  • Cultural Imperialism and the Transformation of Race Relations in Brazil

    Cultural Imperialism and the Transformation of Race Relations in Brazil Latin American Perspectives Issue 178, Volume 38, Number 3 (May 2011) pages 194-208 DOI: 10.1177/0094582X10390624 Bernadete Ramos Beserra, Professor Federal University of Ceará Edward E. Telles, Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil. Princeton, NJ, and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2006.…

  • The overlapping concepts of race and colour in Latin America

    The overlapping concepts of race and colour in Latin America Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 35, Issue 7, (July 2012) pages 1163-1168 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.657209 Edward Telles, Professor of Sociology Princeton University I thank Ethnic and Racial Studies for the opportunity to participate in this symposium and I am honoured to be in conversation with Michael…

  • Beyond Fixed or Fluid: Degrees of Fluidity in Racial Identification in Latin America

    Beyond Fixed or Fluid: Degrees of Fluidity in Racial Identification in Latin America The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America Princeton University 2012-05-23 60 pages Edward E. Telles, Professor of Sociology Princeton University Tianna S. Paschel, Post Doctoral Fellow (Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Political Science as of July 2012) Department of Political…

  • Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil

    Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil Duke University Press 1999 232 pages 9 tables Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8223-2272-6 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8223-2252-8 Edited by Michael Hanchard, Professor of Political Science and African American Studies Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Bringing together U.S. and Brazilian scholars, as well as Afro-Brazilian political activists, Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil represents a…