Measures of Equality: Social Science, Citizenship, and Race in Cuba, 1902-1940 (Envisioning Cuba)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807855634 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Alejandra Bronfman traces the formation of Cuba's multiracial legal and political order in the early Republic by exploring the responses of social scientists, such as Fernando Ortiz and Israel Castellanos, and black and mulatto activists, including Gustavo Urrutia and Nicolas Guillen, to the paradoxes of modern nationhood.Law, science, and the social sciences--which, during this era, enjoyed growing status in Cuba as well as in many other countries--played central roles in producing knowledge and shaping social categories in postindependence Cuba. Meanwhile, the legal arena created both new freedoms and new modes of repression. In the years following Cuba's independence, n
This ought to be required reading for scholars and graduate students who specialize in the construction of race and national identities in Latin America and the Caribbean.--The American Journal of Legal HistoryAn exciting and innovative study that will surely influence scholarship on twentieth-century Cuba for some time.--Hispanic American Historical Review. A virtuoso performance that contributes a great deal to our understanding of Cuban social and intellectual history. Brilliant and entertaining Takes us from such fractious beginnings to the construction of black political identities in the 1930s. Sets out a provocative agenda for further research.--American Historical ReviewAn important contribution to the historiogr
Josue Torres said Measures of inequality!. Alejandra Bronfman research thesis "is about the transformation of a political order and the terms of participation for all involved" (p. Measures of inequality! Josue Torres Alejandra Bronfman research thesis "is about the transformation of a political order and the terms of participation for all involved" (p. 4); the author also examines the process of racial differences and discrimination throughout the course of the early forty years of the Cuban republic. Upon the birth of the Cuban republic, Bronfman takes the task of exposing the social-political difficulties which the Cuban community of color faced as they strived to participate in the political process for which they bravely fought for during the wars of independe. ); the author also examines the process of racial differences and discrimination throughout the course of the early forty years of the Cuban republic. Upon the birth of the Cuban republic, Bronfman takes the task of exposing the social-political difficulties which the Cuban community of color faced as they strived to participate in the political process for which they bravely fought for during the wars of independe