Challenging mestizaje: A gender perspective on indigenous and afrodescendant movements in Latin America

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-330

  Safa, Helen I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Afrodescendant; Autonomy; Indigenous; Mestizaje; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144458558     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X05055217     Document Type: Article

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