Download or read book The Color of Citizenship written by Diego A. von Vacano and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-01-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is race, a superficial human characteristic, such a potent political phenomenon? Looking to the way that race has been conceived through the tradition of Latin American political thought, The Color of Citizenship examines the centrality of race in the making of modern citizenship. It posits race as synthetic, dynamic, and fluid -- a concept that will have methodological, historical, and normative value for understanding race in other diverse societies.