The Work of Recognition
Caribbean Colombia and the Postemancipation Struggle for Citizenship
Jason McGraw
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 08/2014
Pages: 344
Subject: History, Social Science
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Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9781469617879
DESCRIPTION
The history of Afro-Colombians as principal social actors after emancipation, McGraw argues, opens up a new view on the practice and meaning of citizenship. Crucial to this conception of citizenship was the right of recognition. Indeed, attempts to deny the role of people of color in the republic occurred at key turning points exactly because they demanded public recognition as citizens. In connecting Afro-Colombians to national development, The Work of Recognition also places the story within the broader contexts of Latin American popular politics, culture, and the African diaspora.