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«Bailando como negro»: ritmo, raza y nación en Esmeraldas, Ecuador

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Wamsley, Emily·2005·Tabula Rasa
DOI 10.25058/20112742.234
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Throughout the African diaspora blackness has long been associated with rhythmic dancing abilities. The association is often naturalised in popular discourses to suggest that black people have an innate sense of rhythm – that rhythm is «in their blood». This charaterisation is at times appropriated by individuals who self identify as black and consider their dancing skills an important part of their embodied racial identity. Such representations of race are a powerful force in shaping social relations and it is therefore crucial to understand how they are reproduced and made meaningful in everyday life. This paper attempts to do so by interrogating the naturalised link between race and rhythm in the case of Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Drawing on detailed ethnographic material from this city, it emphasises the shifting, often ambiguous processes of racial identification, it questions closely the relationship between bodies and discourse, and it highlights the significance of particular social and political contexts in the construction of racial differences.

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Authors
Wamsley, E.
Corresponding author
Wamsley, Emily
Venue
Tabula Rasa
Publisher
Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca
Published
2005-12-30
Issue
3
Pages
179-195
ISSN
  • 1794-2489 (ISSN-L)
  • 2011-2742
DOI
10.25058/20112742.234
OpenAlex
W1569339496
Cited by
8
References
11
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
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0.00
Type
journal article
Language
es
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
  • Tabula rasa (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Afro-Latin American Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Arts and Performance Studies
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Indigenous Studies in Latin America
Keywords
dance, rhythm, race, nation, Afro-Ecuadorian identity, Esmeraldas, musical identity

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