Who is black, white, or mixed race? How skin color, status, and nation shape racial classification in latin america

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 864-907

  Telles, Edward ^a   Paschel, Tianna ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84928278677     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679252     Document Type: Article

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