Blackness in the white nation : a history of Afro-Uruguay

Blackness in the white nation : a history of Afro-Uruguay / George Reid Andrews.

"In Blackness in the White Nation, George Reid Andrews offers a comprehensive history of Afro-Uruguayans from the colonial period to the present. Showing how social and political mobilization is intertwined with candombe, he traces the development of Afro-Uruguayan racial discourse and argues t...

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Main Author: Andrews, George Reid, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Blacks > Uruguay > History.
Blacks > Uruguay > Social conditions > 19th century.
Blacks > Uruguay > Social conditions > 20th century.
Candombe (Dance) > Uruguay.
Uruguay > Race relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • This noble race has glorious aspirations, 1830-1920
  • Remembering Africa : comparsas and candombe, 1870-1950
  • The new Negros, 1920-1960
  • Today everyone dances candombe, 1950-2010
  • Dictatorship and democracy, 1960-2010.

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