Joseph Lang

Biographic Data

ID3790992
NAMEJoseph Lang
GIVEN NAMESJoseph
FAMILY NAMELang
SIGNATURELANG J
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
H-INDEX1

  • A Reply to Telles

    Marvin Harris, Josildeth Gomes Consorte et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1995

    Journal Article A Reply to Telles Get access Marvin Harris, Marvin Harris University of Florida Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bryan Byrne, Bryan Byrne University of Florida Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Josildeth Gomes Consorte, Josildeth Gomes Consorte Catholic University of Sao Paulo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jose…

  • What's in a Name? The Consequences of Violating Brazilian Emic Color-Race Categories in Estimates of Social Well-Being

    Bryan Byrne, Marvin Harris et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research1995Cited by: 11

    This is the second article reporting the results of an experiment designed to assess the consequences of overriding the Brazilian emic color-race classification system in studies of color-race relations. We have already demonstrated that use of the nonsalient term parda, rather than the salient term morena, to denote "mixed" color-race status causes the overnumeration of brancas (whites) and pretas (blacks). Some Brazilianists remain confident th…

  • Who are the Whites

    Marvin Harris, Josildeth Gomes Consorte et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1993

    This article presents the results of an experiment carried out in Brazil to test the consequences of ignoring or overriding the distinctive features of the cognitive system by which Brazilians express their “race-color” identities.{su1} The experiment consisted of substituting a salient vernacular term (morena) for the seldom-used term (parda) that the Brazilian census offers as self-identification for a person who has both black and white color-…