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In this book, anthropologist and Black feminist Mara Viveros-Vigoya examines what it means to be Black and middle class in Colombia and how that meaning has been configured over almost a century of the country's history.
List of contents
Introduction: Always "Out of Place"
Part 1: Theoretical and Political Dilemmas in Researching the Black Middle Classes
Chapter 1: Colombia's Elusive Socio-racial Order
Chapter 2: The Heterogeneity of the Category "Middle Class"
Chapter 3: An Intersectional Approach to the Latin American Middle Classes
Part 2: A Historical and Contemporary Account of the Configuration of the Black Middle Classes in Colombia
Chapter 4: The Middle Layers of the Afro-Colombian Population
Chapter 5: Upward Mobility, Whiteness, and Social Whitening in Colombia
Part 3: Upward Social Mobility and Black Identity: An Intersectional Experience
Chapter 6: Three Accounts of Social Mobility from an Intersectional and Regional Perspective
Chapter 7: Women Teachers, Ethno-educators, and Microentrepreneurs in the Formation, Reformation, and Transformation of the Black Middle Classes
Chapter 8: Black Middle Classes in the Crises of Racial Democracy
About the author
Mara Viveros Vigoya is professor at the National University of Colombia.
Summary
In this book, anthropologist and Black feminist Mara Viveros-Vigoya examines what it means to be Black and middle class in Colombia and how that meaning has been configured over almost a century of the country’s history.
