Pigmentocracies

Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America is a book by sociologist Edward Telles and the Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA) published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2014.[1] The book attempts to look at race relations within Peru, Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil using statistical methods and comparing national census data over hundreds of years.

CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectRacial Identity, Latin America, Racial Relations, and Sociology.
Set inPeru, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia
PublishedOctober 2014
PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
ISBN978-1-4696-1783-1
Websitehttps://perla.princeton.edu/book-launchings/

Synopsis

The book is split into six chapters. The first discussing the Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA), then the following four chapters dive into PERLA implemented in the four chosen countries. The final chapter is an analysis of the overall findings of the survey from the four countries. Middle four chapters start with a brief historical context of race in the respective country, then report the findings of the PERLA survey for that country.[2]

Reception

Reviewed by Stanley R. Bailey in The Americas 73 (2016): 102-104.[3]

Reviewed by Ellis P. Monk in the American Journal of Sociology 121 (2015): 971-973.[4]

Reviewed by Cristobal Valencia in American Anthropologist 117 (2015): 599-631.[5]

References
  1. "Pigmentocracies | Edward Telles | University of North Carolina Press". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  2. Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. 2014. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-4696-1783-1.
  3. Bailey, Stanley R. (2016). "Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America. By Edward Telles. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. Pp. 320. Figures. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $29.95 paper". The Americas. 73 (1): 102–104. doi:10.1017/tam.2016.12. ISSN 0003-1615.
  4. Monk, Ellis P. (2015-11-01). "Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America by Edward Telles". American Journal of Sociology. 121 (3): 971–973. doi:10.1086/682900. ISSN 0002-9602.
  5. Valencia, Cristobal (2015-09-01). "Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America by Edward Telles and the Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA)". American Anthropologist. 117 (3): 599–631. doi:10.1111/aman.12331. ISSN 1548-1433.
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