From blanqueamiento to reindigenización: paradoxes of mestizaje and multiculturalism in contemporary Colombia

This article examines the role of mestizaje in the  current reshaping of national ethnicities in Latin  America. Drawing on academic research on processes of indigenous and black resurgence, we link  shifts in Colombian nationhood to neoliberal  policies and increased social inequalities. The articl...

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Main Authors: Margarita Chaves Chamorro, Marta Zambrano Escobar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEDLA 2006-04-01
Series:European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Online Access:http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9652/