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AAAD 260: Blackness in Latin America: Books

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Relevant Keywords and Subject Headings

KEYWORDS:

When you search the library catalog, begin with a simple keyword search to identify one or more relevant resources. The following keywords are used to describe people of African and Latin American descent and may be useful for your searches:

Afro-Latino/a

Afro-Latinx

Afro-Latine

Afro-Latin American

Afro or Black [ethnic/ national group]

  • example: Afro-Cuban

SUBJECT HEADINGS:

Once you identify appropriate items, Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings can be used to narrow your search and link you to similar resources with the same subject heading.

The following subject headings may be useful:

Black people -- Latin America

Black people -- Race identity -- Latin America (you can insert a specific geographic area here, for example, Black people -- Race identity -- Puerto Rico)

Blacks -- Caribbean Area -- Ethnic identity

Slavery -- Latin America -- History

Black people -- Mexico -- History (you can insert the country of interest, for example, Black people -- Venezuela -- History)

 

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