Purchasing Whiteness: Pardos, Mulattos, and the Quest for Social Mobility in the Spanish Indies
by Ann Twinam
Ann Twinam examines how pardos and mulattos pursued social mobility in the Spanish Indies. Focusing on the value attached to whiteness, this historical study explores the connections among racial classification, status, and opportunity in Spanish colonial society.
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Purchasing Whiteness examines the relationship between racial identity and social mobility in the Spanish Indies.
Ann Twinam focuses on pardos and mulattos and their quest to improve their social standing.
The book considers how whiteness functioned as a valued social category within Spanish colonial society.
It offers a historical study of race, status, and mobility in the Spanish Indies.
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