Abstract

INVERNON DUCONGE, Giselle  and  LUBE GUIZARDI, Menara. Diásporas, etnicidad y etnogénesis: de las reflexiones teóricas a los estudios de caso sobre las comunidades afro-descendientes en América latina. Pap. trab. - Cent. Estud. Interdiscip. Etnolingüíst. Antropol. Soc. [online]. 2014, n.28, pp.95-119. ISSN 1852-4508.

The present paper analyzes the theoretical formulations regarding ethnogenesis. The discussion is connected with the review of case studies on afro-descendents in Latin America. We start recovering historical characteristics of the slave-trade and its influence in shaping racial hierarchies in colonized countries. We discuss theoretical categories such as African Diaspora, ethnicity and ethnogenesis understanding them in the context of the Nation-State formation. Finally, we will review cases studies of afro-descendent communities in four Latin-American countries.

Keywords : Ethnicity; Ethnogenesis; Race; Afro-decedents; Diaspora.

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