Blackness and Race Mixture

Drawing on extensive anthropological fieldwork, Peter Wade shows how the concept of "blacknessand discrimination are deeply embedded in different social levels and contexts-from region to neighborhood, and from politics and economics to housing, marriage, music, and personal identity. Peter Wade focuses on the 'racial democracy' of Colombia-- specifically the black population of the Choco province--to explore the significance of culture and class in a racially mixed population.