"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

About the Series vii
Acknowledgments ix
Past Dialogues about Race: An Introduction to the Present 1
1. Decency in 1920 Urban Cuzco: The Cradle of the Indigenistas 44
2. Liberal Indigenistas versus Tawantinsuyu: The Making of the Indian 86
3. Class, Masculinity, and Mestizaje: New Incas and Old Indians 131
4. Insolent Mestizas and Respeto: The Redefinition of Mestizaje 177
5. Cuzquenismo, Respeto, and Discrimination: The Mayordomias of Almudena 231
6 Respeto and Authenticity: Grassroots Intellectuals and De-Indianized Indigenous Culture 272
7. Indigenous Mestizos, De-Indianization, and Discrimination: Cultural Racism in Cuzco 306
Notes 331
Bibliography 367
Index 399