When I discovered I was índia”

Racialization processes in the migratory experiences of peruvians in Rio Janeiro

Bibliographic Data

ID8246346
AuthorsCamila Daniel (0000-0003-1199-2028, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume17
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1809-4341 • E-ISSN: 1809-4341
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-43412020v17d701
OpenAlexW3113343174
SCIELO_PIDS1809-43412020000100701
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

In this article, I reflect upon the ways in which Peruvians in Rio de Janeiro negotiate their process of racialization, based on the category Indian and their interaction with me, a Black Brazilian woman. Despite the fact that Indian is part of both the Brazilian and Peruvian racial classification system, this category has particular meanings in each context. When they “discover” they are Indians”, Peruvians face the specificities of anti-Indigenous racism in the urban context of Rio de Janeiro. They also deal with discrimination within the Peruvian community. This article analyzes the case of Peruvians who create self-definitions (Hill-Collins, 2016), both individually and collectively, that challenge stereotypes of peruanidad. Racialization also opens up possibilities for anti-racist solidarity between Peruvians and Black Brazilians. My research is based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Brazil and the United States from 2011 to 2016

Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Ethnography · Ethnology · Geography · Humanities · Indigenous · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Racialization · Racism · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Politics and Society in Latin America · Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil · Ecology

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