Hidden markers, open secrets: on naming, race-marking, and race-making in Cuba

Focuses on how in Cuba race-marking was interrelated with surname-giving, also after the abolition of slavery. Through researching life histories on the local level in the Cienfuegos region, the author examines names of former slaves, finding that these were after abolition in notarial records often...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michael Zeuske
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BRILL 2002-07-01
Series:NWIG
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Online Access:http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3454