NegrasandTrigüeñas

Blackness and Afro-descendants in women's emergency centers in Peru

Bibliographic Data

ID2178103
AuthorsEshe L Lewis (Public Anthropology Fellow, SAPIENS magazine), Eshe Lewis (corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume15
Issue2
Pages154-169
Publication date2020-04-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-2222 • E-ISSN: 1744-2230
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17442222.2020.1745997
OpenAlexW3015131726
LanguageES
Citations received2
References cited19

In 2015 the Peruvian Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations added an ethnicity question to their Women’s Emergency Center (CEM) intake forms in order to document the background of women who report violence. This question is reflective of a change in identity politics in Peru and the Latin American region as well as international demands for the recognition of the diversity of the citizens of any given country, and the implementation of policy to help marginalized groups. This paperhighlights the way that Afro-Peruvian women repeatedly demand to be recognized before the state as Black women and Afro-descendants. It also considers how their definitions of African ancestry do not align with those of CEM workers tasked withdeterming and documenting women of African descent, at a time when the national discourse on ethno-racial diversity is shifting but popular beliefs about Blackness remain largely unchanged. This paper is based on dissertation research conducted between 2013 and 2016 in Lima and Callao, Peru

African descent · Christian ministry · Diversity (politics · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Cuban History and Society · Gender Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America

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