Dancing Peruvian-ness on the Prairie: Navigating Racialization through Folk Dance

• In Event: 4412 - Section on Latino/a Sociology Refereed Roundtable Session
  In Refereed Roundtable 60min: Table 04. Latina/o/xs, Racism, and Colorism

Abstract

Folk dances are present in most immigrant communities. However, sociology scholars have paid little attention to them as an avenue to study ethnic identity construction. This paper addresses this gap. More precisely, it centers its attention in the interaction between the ways in which Peruvian immigrants, particularly women, adapt to what it means to be Peruvian (specifically drawing on what the Peruvian state brands itself) in relation to the context of reception in the U.S.

Author

• Erika Busse, Macalester College