Chocolate and Corn Flour: History, Race, and Place in the Making of Black Mexico

by Laura A. Lewis

Located on Mexico's Pacific coast in a historically black part of the Costa Chica region, the town of San Nicol s has been identified as a center of Afromexican culture by Mexican cultural authorities, journalists, activists, and foreign anthropologists. The majority of the town's residents, however, call themselves morenos (black Indians). In Chocolate and Corn Flour, Laura A. Lewis explores the history and contemporary culture of San...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822351323
• ISBN13: 9780822351320
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"