Sociology, as a discipline, was born at the height of global colonialism and imperialism.
Over a century later, it is yet to shake off its commitment to colonial ways of thinking. This …

Powerful narratives often describe Latin American nations as fundamentally mestizo. These
narratives have hampered the acknowledgment of racism in the region, but recent …

In this history of the social and human sciences in Mexico and the United States, Karin
Alejandra Rosemblatt reveals intricate connections among the development of science, the …

In this article, we propose a historical, political, and critical framework that situates language
surveys and censuses as an object of sociolinguistic inquiry. First, we provide a brief history …

We examine sources of indigenous identity in the two countries with the largest indigenous
populations in the Western Hemisphere—Mexico and Peru. We find that the size of the …

By the end of the twentieth century, with the rise of multicultural discourses and identity
politics, Latin American ideologies of racial mixture had become increasingly denounced as …

In this paper, we examine the centrality of mestizo people in the Mexican national political
and social project of mestizaje. We argue that mestizos are far from homogenous, and that …

Los proyectos de antropología genética ofrecen explicar la historia evolutiva y migratoria de
los grupos humanos y los individuos con base en sus características genéticas. Suelen …

The study of nationalism in North America has focused heavily on national identity. Much of
the scholarship in the region indicates that most individuals define their respective national …

An up-close view of the movement to make “Afro-Mexican” an official cultural category
Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico delves into the ongoing …