María Elisa Velázquez Gutiérrez is a Mexican sociologist, anthropologist, researcher, professor, and author. She is noted for her work concerning the history and culture of Mexican people of African descent (afrodescendientes in Spanish).[1] She appeared as a historical consultant in "Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet", an episode of the PBS series Black in Latin America, hosted by Henry Louis Gates.

Works

  • Juan Correa, mulato libre, maestro pintor (1998)
  • Mujeres de origen africano en la capital novohispana, siglos XVII y XVIII (2006)
  • La huella negra en Guanajuato. Retratos de afrodescendientes de los siglos XIX y XX (2007)
  • Afrodescendientes en México, una historia de silencio y discriminación (2012)

References

  1. ↑ "Velázquez Gutiérrez María Elisa - Dirección de Etnología y Antropología Social". Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Retrieved 12 December 2013.


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