Marisol de la Cadena is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis.

Decency in 1920 Urban Cuzco The Cradle of the Indigenistas 44

Liberal Indigenistas versus Tawantinsuyu The Making of the Indian 86

Class Masculinity and Mestizaje New Incas and Old Indians 131

Insolent Mestizas and Respeto The Redefinition of Mestizaje 177

Cuzquenismo Respeto and Discrimination The Mayordomias of Almudena 231

Respeto and Authenticity Grassroots Intellectuals and DeIndianized Indigenous Culture 272

Indigenous Mestizos DeIndianization and Discrimination Cultural Racism in Cuzco 306

Notes 331

Bibliography 367

Index 399

This is a gripping book on how and why all the people of the city of Cuzco practice a cruel and elaborate game of discrimination against each other. . . . De la Cadena has successfully shifted the paradigm with which these issues used to be treated. There is enough challenging material in this book to set the standard by which future inquiries into these issues will be measured.” - Enrique Mayer, Hispanic American Historical Review



“De la Cadena builds a detailed history of changing categories of social value, carefully distinguishing how the different social classes negotiated their relative status . . . . [Her] project of deconstructing and historicizing colonial categories makes the book interesting and accessible even for non-Latin Americanists.” - Mary H. Moran, Current Anthropology



"[E]ngrossing . . . . De la Cadena has produced an invaluable addition to the literature on mestizaje, race, class, and culture in Latin America. The book is richly documented both historically and ethnographically . . . . [A] fascinating and thought-provoking book." - Peter Wade, Journal of Latin American Studies



"Marisol de la Cadena provides a detailed ethnographic account spanning nearly a century of changing forms of identity construction and re-construction among diverse ethnic and social strata of the Cuzco area of Peru." - Donna Lee Van Cott, Latin American Research Review



"Indigenous Mestizos is a wonderfully detailed analysis of race relations in Peru. The author's thorough research is convincing about the relativity of subaltern positions in regional and city struggles for cultural distinction. This is a groundbreaking contribution to understanding Peru as well as studies on race and ethnicity, education and cultural production in other contexts." - Caroline Yezer, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies



“A magnificent study. This is a model of closely interwoven ethnographic and archival research, among the most significant contributions to contemporary Andean history and anthropology in many years.”—Brooke Larson, State University of New York at Stony Brook



“Eloquent, engaging, and highly readable. With its synthetic treatment of ethnographic and historical materials this book makes a welcome and highly innovative contribution to both the specialist field of Andean studies and the general fields of cultural anthropology, Latin American studies, and racial and ethnic studies.”—Deborah Poole, New School for Social Research

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Eloquent, engaging, and highly readable. With its synthetic treatment of ethnographic and historical materials this book makes a welcome and highly innovative contribution to both the specialist field of Andean studies and the general fields of cultural anthropology, Latin American studies, and racial and ethnic studies.”—Deborah Poole, New School for Social Research
“A magnificent study. This is a model of closely interwoven ethnographic and archival research, among the most significant contributions to contemporary Andean history and anthropology in many years.”—Brooke Larson, State University of New York at Stony Brook --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.