Theorizing race in the Americas : Douglass, Sarmiento, Du Bois, and Vasconcelos / Juliet Hooker.
"In 1845 two thinkers from the American hemisphere--the Argentinean statesman Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and the fugitive ex-slave, abolitionist leader, and orator from the United States, Frederick Douglass--both published their first works. Each would become the most famous and enduring texts...
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| Main Authors: | Hooker, Juliet (Author) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, [2017]. © 2017. |
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| Online Access: | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029713069&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| Table of Contents |
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| Introduction: Race Theory and Hemispheric Juxtaposition |
| Part I. Ambas Américas |
| 1. "A Black Sister to Massachusetts" : Latin America and the Fugitive Democratic Ethos of Frederick Douglass |
| 2. "Mi Patria de Pensamiento" : Sarmiento, the United States, and the Pitfalls of Comparison |
| Part II. Mestizo Futurologies |
| 3. "To See, Foresee, and Prophesy" : Du Bois' Mulatto Fictions and Afro-Futurism |
| 4. "A Doctrine that Nourished the Hopes of the Non-White Races" : Vasconcelos, Mestizaje's Travels, and U.S. Latino Politics |
