Cunin Elisabeth. (2017). The "Black Foreigner" in the Quintana Roo territory (Mexico) between otherness and sameness. The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, 22 (2), p. 339-356. ISSN 1935-4932.
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The "Black Foreigner" in the Quintana Roo territory (Mexico) between otherness and sameness
The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, 2017,
22 (2), p. 339-356 ISSN 1935-4932
The Quintana Roo Territory in southeast Mexico on the border with Belize, was established in 1902. In this peripheral region, population plays an instrumental role with respect to strategic issues of sovereignty and national identity. Drawing on a historical sociological approach, this article examines the racialization of immigration policies, introduction of measures for integration and development of the region, and negotiations between the central government (Mexico) and the capital of Quintana Roo Territory (Payo Obispo, Chetumal). It focuses on the population politics entailed in the emergence of a new political and administrative entity at the margins of the nation and relocates Mexico at the heart of postslavery migrations. An analysis of the case of the "black foreigner" demonstrates the ways that a non-Indian otherness intervenes in concepts of and reflections on the nation, mestizaje, and race.
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Société, développement social [106]
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Démographie [108]
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Sociétés, développement culturel [112]
