Abstract

HOFFMANN, Odile. Blacks and Afromestizos in México: New and Old Readings of a Forgotten World. Rev. Mex. Sociol [online]. 2006, vol.68, n.1, pp.103-135. ISSN 2594-0651.

Although there has been very little research on black Mexican populations, recent years have seen an increase in this type of studies, which in turn has revealed a relatively unexplored field of study that is problematic in many respects. On the basis of the literature reviewed to date, I propose dealing with the theoretical and methodological issues concerning the double question: What place do Afro-Mexican studies occupy in the intellectual debate on black populations? How could this "social group" be analyzed?

Keywords : black identity; Afro-Mexicans; multi-culturalism; ethnicity.