Decolonial approaches to Latin American literatures and cultures / Juan G. Ramos, Tara Daly, editors ; [postscriptum by Mabel Moraña].

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • [New York] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
  • ©2016
Description
xxxvi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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    Writer of postscriptum
    Series
    Literatures of the Americas [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Decolonial approaches to Latin American literatures and culturesengages an problematizes concepts such as "decolonial and "coloniality" to question methodologies in literary and cultural texts ranging from Pre-Columbian to conemporary work, there is a collective questionaing of the every idea of Latin America," what "Latin American" contains or leaves out, and the various practices and locations constituting Latinamericanism. This transdisciplinary study aims to open an evolving corpus of decolonial scholarship, providing a unique entry point into the literature and material culture produced from precolonial to contemporary times. -- Publisher description.
    Notes
    Contains contributions from eleven contributors.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Part I. Undisciplining "Spanish" and "Literature"
    • Part II. Decolonizing Translation and Representations of the Indigenous
    • Part III. Material Culture and Literature as Decolonial Critiques
    • Part IV. Decolonial Options, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Transregional Alliances
    • Postscriptum.
    ISBN
    • 1137603127 ((hardback))
    • 9781137603128 ((hardback))
    • 9781349933587 ((eBook))
    • 1349933589 ((eBook))
    LCCN
    2016907576
    OCLC
    946968140
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