Introduction -- Paradox of empire: Las Casas and the birth of race -- Mixed into unity: race and republic in the thought of Simoń Boliv́ar -- Race and nation in the democratic Caesarism of Vallenilla Lanz -- The citizenship of beauty: Jose Vasconcelos's aesthetic synthesis of race -- Conclusion. Making race visible to political theory
Summary
Why is race, a superficial human characteristic, such a potent political phenomenon? Looking to the way that race has been conceived through the tradition of Latin American political thought, 'The Color of Citizenship' examines the centrality of race in the making of modern citizenship
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012)
