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How States Make Race: New Evidence from Brazil

2019-10-19

In this article, we ask whether the Brazilian state’s policy turnabout has affected racial subjectivities on the ground, specifically toward mirroring the categories used by the state.
National Colors: Racial Classification and the State in Latin America [Review]

2017-01-06

National Colors: Racial Classification and the State in Latin America [Review] Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Volume 3, Issue 1, (January 2017) pages 141-145 DOI: 10.1177/2332649216676789 Mark Q. Sawyer, Associate Professor of Political Science University of California, Los Angeles Mara Loveman, National Colors: Racial Classification and the State in Latin America. Oxford, UK: Oxford University…
We evaluated two distinct but not mutually exclusive scenarios for the underlying mechanism that prompted reclassification of individuals as white in the 1920 Puerto Rican census:

2015-12-23

We evaluated two distinct but not mutually exclusive scenarios for the underlying mechanism that prompted reclassification of individuals as white in the 1920 Puerto Rican census: the movement of individuals across racial boundaries (boundary crossing) and the movement of racial boundaries across individuals (boundary shifting). The underlying boundary dynamics that drove racial reclassification in the…
National Colors: Racial Classification and the State in Latin America

2015-12-23

National Colors: Racial Classification and the State in Latin America Oxford University Press 2014-07-07 400 pages 22 b/w line illus., 4 b/w halftones 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches Hardcover ISBN: 9780199337354 Paperback ISBN: 9780199337361 Mara Loveman, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Berkeley The first comprehensive history of census-taking and nation-making in nineteen Latin American…
Whiteness in Latin America: measurement and meaning in national censuses (1850-1950)

2014-12-19

Drawing on an analysis of all national censuses conducted in Latin America from 1850 to 1950, this article examines how tacit assumptions about the nature of « whiteness » informed the production of statistical knowledge about Latin American populations.
The Race to Progress: Census Taking and Nation Making in Brazil (1870–1920)

2012-10-24

The Race to Progress: Census Taking and Nation Making in Brazil (1870–1920) Hispanic American Historical Review Volume 89, Number 3 (2009) pages 435-470 DOI: 10.1215/00182168-2009-002 Mara Loveman, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin, Madison From the mid-nineteenth century, central statistics agencies contributed to nation-state building through their dual mission of producing statistical description and…
Measures of “Race” and the Analysis of Racial Inequality in Brazil

2012-07-07

Measures of “Race” and the Analysis of Racial Inequality in Brazil Social Science Research Available online 2012-07-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.06.006 Stanley R. Bailey, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Mara Loveman, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin, Madison Jeronimo O. Muniz, Assistant Professor of Sociology Federal University of Minas Gerais Quantitative analyses of…
Brazil in black and white? Race categories, the census, and the study of inequality

2012-02-15

Brazil in black and white? Race categories, the census, and the study of inequality Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 35, Number 8, August 2012 pages 1466-1483 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.607503 Mara Loveman, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin, Madison Jeronimo O. Muniz, Assistant Professor of Sociology Federal University of Minas Gerais Stanley R. Bailey, Associate Professor…
How Puerto Rico Became White: Boundary Dynamics and Intercensus Racial Reclassification

2011-10-28

According to official census results, the Puerto Rican population became significantly whiter in the first half of the twentieth century. Social scientists have long speculated about the source of this trend, but until now, available data did not permit competing hypotheses of Puerto Rico’s whitening to be evaluated empirically. This article revisits the question of…

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