Purchasing whiteness: pardos, mulattos, and the quest for social mobility in the Spanish Indies

Adding to her compelling arguments about Spanish colonists in Public Lives, Private Secrets: Gender, Honor, Sexuality, and Illegitimacy in Colonial Spanish America (CH, Jan'00, 37-2931), Twinam's new research incorporates mulattos and pardos into the concept of legitimacy through the purch...

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Published in:Choice 2015, Vol.52 (11), p.1906
Main Author: Opperman, S B
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Genealogy
Nonfiction
Twinam, Ann
Upward mobility
White people
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Summary:Adding to her compelling arguments about Spanish colonists in Public Lives, Private Secrets: Gender, Honor, Sexuality, and Illegitimacy in Colonial Spanish America (CH, Jan'00, 37-2931), Twinam's new research incorporates mulattos and pardos into the concept of legitimacy through the purchase of gracias al sacar, or certificates of white ancestry.
ISSN:0009-4978
1943-5975