Race in Buenos Aires. Blackness, Whiteness, African Descent and Mestizaje in the White Capital City

This article analyzes how racial categories are produced and reproduced in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city. To that end, this article focuses on the cases of three Afro-Descendant <em>porteña </em>women who, by local standards, are fully white.  Their stories allow us to explore,...

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Main Author: Lea Geler
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Buenos Aires 2016-03-01
Series:Runa
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Online Access:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/2226