The Origins of 'Raza:' Racializing Difference in Early Spanish
The concept and terminology associated with the Spanish raza developed as a culturally and linguistically situated metaphor during the medieval period and first decades of the early modern period. The early biologization of raza appears after a first conceptual transfer from the textile field reinfo...
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| description | The concept and terminology associated with the Spanish raza developed as a culturally and linguistically situated metaphor during the medieval period and first decades of the early modern period. The early biologization of raza appears after a first conceptual transfer from the textile field reinforced through semantic overlapping transfers from gemology and metallurgy lexicons. A second push toward this biologization came from an administrative language that leveraged existing though unsystematized vocabulary of (marked) selective reproduction. These developments played a key role in the early racialization of difference. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc602b3ab6e048b79386618b89aade0b2022-12-21T20:00:31ZdeuUniversity of MilanInterfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures2421-55032020-12-01710.13130/interfaces-07-05The Origins of 'Raza:' Racializing Difference in Early SpanishAna Gómez-Bravo0University of WashingtonThe concept and terminology associated with the Spanish raza developed as a culturally and linguistically situated metaphor during the medieval period and first decades of the early modern period. The early biologization of raza appears after a first conceptual transfer from the textile field reinforced through semantic overlapping transfers from gemology and metallurgy lexicons. A second push toward this biologization came from an administrative language that leveraged existing though unsystematized vocabulary of (marked) selective reproduction. These developments played a key role in the early racialization of difference.https://riviste.unimi.it/interfaces/article/view/13376racerazaracismblood puritybreed |
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| title | The Origins of 'Raza:' Racializing Difference in Early Spanish |
| title_full | The Origins of 'Raza:' Racializing Difference in Early Spanish |
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| title_short | The Origins of 'Raza:' Racializing Difference in Early Spanish |
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