1. Race, Nation, and Revolution:
Latin America, 1900-1950
Michael Rodriguez

2. What is a “nation”?

3. Nationalism

4. What is a “race”?

5. Colonial Hierarchies
 Peninsulares (Spanish-born)
 Criollos (American-born)
 Castas (racially mixed)

6. Colonial Hierarchies
 Indios (indigenous peoples)
 Esclavos (Afro-Latinos)
 Heterogeneity & fluidity
Conflict, competition,
and cooperation

7. NativistsCaudillosLiberals

8. “Scientific” Racism

9. Racism Becomes Biology
Arthur de Gobineau
Herbert Spencer
Cesare Lombroso

10. Phrenology & Degeneration

11. Social Whitening

12. Immigration

13. Raceless Nationalism?
Let’s
discuss
Chapter
14 from
O’Connor &
Garofalo

14. Mestizaje

15. José Vasconcelos
Let’s
discuss
La raza
cósmica

16. Indigenismo
Let’s
discuss
Chapters
15 and 17
from
O’Connor &
Garofalo
Cayapa Indians of
Ecuador
Tarahumara
Indians of Mexico

17. Brazil’s Racial Democracy

18. Brazil: Racial Democracy?

19. Problematic Discourses?

20. Persistently Marginalized
Women, blacks, nonwhites/non-mestizos,
indigenous cultures
desiring autonomy

21. Tides of Industry and
Revolution: Juan and Eva
Perón and Fidel Castro

22. Questions? Comments?