Chocolate and Corn Flour explores the history and contemporary culture of African descended Mexicans in the agricultural village of San Nicolás on the southern Pacific Coast of Guerrero (the Costa Chica). This ethnography emphasizes that local history is crucial to understanding identity and explores how racial categories are complicated by globalization and the influence of outsiders.
Chocolate and Corn Flour explores the history and contemporary culture of African descended Mexicans in the agricultural village of San Nicolás on the southern Pacific Coast of Guerrero (the Costa Chica). This ethnography emphasizes that local history is crucial to understanding identity and explores how racial categories are complicated by globalization and the influence of outsiders.
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Lay of the Land 15 2. Identity in Discourse: The "Race" Has Been Lost 55 3. Identity in Performance 85 4. Africa in Mexico: An Intellectual History 119 5. Culture Work: So Much Money 155 6. Being from Here 189 7. A Family Divided? Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces 231 8. Transnationalism, Place, and the Mundane 265 Conclusion. What's in a Name? 305 Notes 323 Bibliography 341 Index 363
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Lay of the Land 15 2. Identity in Discourse: The "Race" Has Been Lost 55 3. Identity in Performance 85 4. Africa in Mexico: An Intellectual History 119 5. Culture Work: So Much Money 155 6. Being from Here 189 7. A Family Divided? Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces 231 8. Transnationalism, Place, and the Mundane 265 Conclusion. What's in a Name? 305 Notes 323 Bibliography 341 Index 363
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