Introduction: defining race and sex -- Explaining the articulation of race and sex -- Race and sex in colonial Latin America -- Making nations through race and sex -- The political economy of race and sex in contemporary Latin America -- Race, sex and the politics of identity and citizenship -- Conclusion
Summary
The intersection of race and sex in Latin America is a subject touched upon by many disciplines but this is the first book to deal solely with these issues. Interracial sexual relations are often a key mythic basis for Latin American national identities
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-303) and index
