Coloniality at Large: Latin America and the Postcolonial Debate

Morana, Mabel

ISBN 10: 0822341697 / ISBN 13: 9780822341697

Published by Duke University Press, 2008

2008. Paperback. Contains essays including theoretical reflections, literary criticism, and historical and ethnographic case studies focused on Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Brazil, the Andes, and the Caribbean. This book highlights the relation of Marxist thought, dependency theory, and liberation theology to Latin Americans' experience of coloniality. Editor(s): Morana, Mabel; Dussel, Enrique; Jauregui, Carlos A. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 640 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 924. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780822341697

Synopsis:

Postcolonial theory has developed mainly in the U.S. academy, and it has focused chiefly on nineteenth-century and twentieth-century colonization and decolonization processes in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. Colonialism in Latin America originated centuries earlier, in the transoceanic adventures from which European modernity itself was born. Coloniality at Large brings together classic and new reflections on the theoretical implications of colonialism in Latin America. By pointing out its particular characteristics, the contributors highlight some of the philosophical and ideological blind spots of contemporary postcolonial theory as they offer a thorough analysis of that theory’s applicability to Latin America’s past and present.

Written by internationally renowned scholars based in Latin America, the United States, and Europe, the essays reflect multiple disciplinary and ideological perspectives. Some are translated into English for the first time. The collection includes theoretical reflections, literary criticism, and historical and ethnographic case studies focused on Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Brazil, the Andes, and the Caribbean. Contributors examine the relation of Marxist thought, dependency theory, and liberation theology to Latin Americans’ experience of and resistance to coloniality, and they emphasize the critique of Occidentalism and modernity as central to any understanding of the colonial project. Analyzing the many ways that Latin Americans have resisted imperialism and sought emancipation and sovereignty over several centuries, they delve into topics including violence, identity, otherness, memory, heterogeneity, and language. Contributors also explore Latin American intellectuals’ ambivalence about, or objections to, the “post” in postcolonial; to many, globalization and neoliberalism are the contemporary guises of colonialism in Latin America.

Contributors: Arturo Arias, Gordon Brotherston, Santiago Castro-Gómez, Sara Castro-Klaren, Amaryll Chanady, Fernando Coronil, Román de la Campa, Enrique Dussel, Ramón Grosfoguel, Russell G. Hamilton, Peter Hulme, Carlos A. Jáuregui, Michael Löwy, Nelson Maldonado-Torres, José Antonio Mazzotti, Eduardo Mendieta, Walter D. Mignolo, Mario Roberto Morales, Mabel Moraña, Mary Louise Pratt, Aníbal Quijano, José Rabasa, Elzbieta Sklodowska, Catherine E. Walsh

About the Author:

Mabel Moraña is the William H. Gass Professor in Arts and Sciences and Director of the Latin American Studies Program at Washington University, St. Louis.

Enrique Dussel is Professor of Ethics at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa and a member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Carlos A. Jáuregui is Associate Professor of Spanish and Anthropology at Vanderbilt University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Coloniality at Large: Latin America and the ...
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New