Building on recent debates in Peru on cultural and biological definitions of race, this book seeks to re-examine the relationship between race and culture not as a dichotomy but as one rooted in and shaped by specific historical moments.

Chapter 1. The production of racialized discourses: An introduction Michele Back & Virginia Zavala Chapter 2. "We are a distinct race that can accomplish everything:" Enterprise, education, and new racial concepts in neoliberal Peru Leonor LamasChapter 3. Racism and social interaction in a southern Peruvian combiMargarita HuayhuaChapter 4. Processes of racialization after political violence: The discourse of marginality in the community of Chapi, Ayacucho Nathalie Koc-MenardChapter 5. Language ideologies and racialization: A study of secondary students in LimaYlse MesíaChapter 6. From racism to racialization: Arguments regarding inequality in Peru Víctor Vich and Virginia ZavalaChapter 7. Negotiations of Peruvian identity: Magaly Solier and the Andean woman Eunice CortezChapter 8. Amixer detected!: Identities and racism in Peruvian cyberspace Roberto BrañezChapter 9. Race and linguistic essentialism on Peruvian Twitter Michele BackChapter 10. Racist practices in virtual democracy: Constructing the "ppkausa" on Facebook Isabel WongAfterword. Racialization processes and geopolitical empistemologies Mariana Achugar