ABSTRACT
This Handbook provides a comprehensive roadmap to the burgeoning area of Afro-Latin American Studies.
Afro-Latins as a civilization developed during the period of slavery, obtaining cultural contributions from Indigenous and European worlds, while today they are enriched by new social configurations derived from contemporary migrations from Africa. The essays collected in this volume speak to scientific production that has been promoted in the region from the humanities and social sciences with the aim of understanding the phenomenon of the African diaspora as a specific civilizing element. With contributions from world-leading figures in their fields overseen by an eminent international editorial board, this Handbook features original, authoritative articles organized in four coherent parts:
• Disciplinary Studies;
• Problem Focused Fields;
• Regional and Country Approaches;
• Pioneers of Afro-Latin American Studies.
The Routledge Handbook of Afro-Latin American Studies will not only serve as the major reference text in the area of Afro-Latin American Studies but will also provide the agenda for future new research.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|120 pages
Disciplinary Studies
chapter 7|12 pages
Economic Inequalities in Life Opportunities for Afro-Descendants in Latin America
part II|218 pages
Thematic Fields of Study
chapter 15|9 pages
Nations, Castes, Qualities, and Races in Latin American Viceregal Societies
chapter 18|10 pages
“Afro-descendant Territorialities in Latin America”
chapter 23|10 pages
Black Feminisms in Latin America and the Caribbean
chapter 24|21 pages
Patterns of urban racial residential segregation in Latin America, the cases of Brazil and Colombia
chapter 25|13 pages
Afro-Latin American Music in Perspective
chapter 31|15 pages
Studies on Demographics and Social Indicators
chapter 32|9 pages
Post-Abolition Black Migrations
part III|145 pages
Regional or Country Study Approaches
chapter 38|8 pages
Afro-Colombian Studies
chapter 41|11 pages
From Miscegenation Policies to Constitutional Recognition
chapter 42|9 pages
In Defense of Black Life
chapter 43|11 pages
Culture, Race, and Nation in Afro-Cuban Studies
part IV|139 pages
Pioneers or Classics of Afro-Latin American Studies