LoginAfrican Mexicans and the Discourse on Modern Nation
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In African Mexicans and the Discourse on Modern Nation, author Marco Polo Hernández Cuevas explores how the Africaness of Mexican mestizaje was erased from the national memory and identity and how national African ethnic contributions were plagiarized by the criollo elite in modern Mexico. The book cites the concept of a Caucasian standard of beauty prevalent in narrative, film, and popular culture in the period between 1920 and 1968, which the author dubs as the "cultural phase of the Mexican Revolution."
The author also delves into how criollo elite disenfranchised non-white Mexicans as a whole by institutionalizin
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Manufacturer: UPA
Release date: 19 May 2004
ISBN-10 : 0761828583 | ISBN-13: 9780761828587
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Release date: 19 May 2004
ISBN-10 : 0761828583 | ISBN-13: 9780761828587
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