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Book SynopsisPostcolonial theory has developed mainly in the US academy, and it has focused chiefly on nineteenth and twentieth-century colonization and decolonization processes in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. This title brings together classic and new reflections on the theoretical implications of colonialism in Latin America.
Trade Review“In
Coloniality at Large, leading postcolonial literary scholars provide thoughtful and incisive insights into the lasting effects of colonial domination in Latin America.”—
Patricia Seed, editor of
José Limón and La Malinche: The Dancer and the Dance“Mapping out the current state of a particularly important field of study from an interdisciplinary perspective,
Coloniality at Large consists of twenty-three essays by a veritable ‘who’s who’ in Latin American cultural studies.”—
Debra A. Castillo, author of
Redreaming America: Toward a Bilingual American Culture“[T]he book is one of the first projects to bring together scholars from different regions and academic systems of the Atlantic. As a result, this compilation offers wide-ranging perspectives and critiques associated with the challenge of discussing Latin America with critical viewpoints in language that is not overly cryptic. This volume is bound to become a referential work for scholars in the field of Latin American Studies and a useful teaching tool for graduate-level courses." -- Fabrício Prado * The Americas *
“Ambitiously conceived and judiciously executed, this volume offers a timely as well as comprehensive study of modern Latin American culture and history from the perspective of postcolonial theories. . . . Highly recommended.” -- Q. E. Wang * Choice *
“The collection, which extends to over 600 pages, is both rich and substantial and is likely to provide a valuable, illuminating and corrective resource for scholars of both Latin American and postcolonial studies.” -- James Proctor * Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory *
“With a complexity and depth rarely seen in collections of this type,
Coloniality at Large will provide food for thought for generations to come.” -- Ricardo D. Salvatore * A Contracorriente *
Table of ContentsAbout the Series vii
Acknowledgments ix
Colonialism and Its Replicants / Mabel Morana, Enrique Dussel, and Carlos A. Jauregui 1
Part One. Colonial Encounters, Decolonization, and Cultural Agency
America and the Colonizer Question: Two Formative Statements from Early Mexico / Gordon Brotherston 23
Thinking Europe in Indian Categories, or, "Tell Me the Story of How I Conquered You" / Jose Rabasa 43
Creole Agencies and the (Post)Colonial Debate in Spanish America / Jose Antonio Mazzotti 77
Part Two. Rewriting Colonial Difference
European Transplants, Amerindian In-laws, African Settlers, Brazilian Creoles: A Unique Colonial and Postcolonial Condition in Latin America / Russell G. Hamilton 113
Posting Letters: Writing in the Andes and the Paradoxes of the Postcolonial Debate / Sara Castro-Klaren 130
Unforgotten Gods: Postcoloniality and Representations of Haiti in Antonio Benitez Rojo's "Heaven and Earth" 158
Part Three. Occidentalism, Globalization, and the Geopolitics of Knowledge
Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism, and Social Classification / Anibal Quijano 181
The Geopolitics of Knowledge and the Colonial Difference / Walter D. Mignolo 225
(Post)Coloniality for Dummies: Latin American Perspectives on Modernity, Coloniality, and the Geopolitics of Knowledge / Santiago Castro-Gomez 259
Remapping Latin American Studies: Postcolonialism, Subaltern Studies, Post-Occidentalism, and Globalization Theory / Eduardo Mendieta 286
Developmentalism, Modernity, and Dependency Theory in Latin America / Ramon Grosfoguel 307
Part Four. Religion, Liberation, and The Narratives of Secularism
Philosophy of Liberation, the Postmodern Debate, and Latin American Studies 335
The Historical Meaning of Christianity of Liberation in Latin America / Michael Lowy 350
Secularism and Religion in the Modern/Colonial World-System: From Secular Postcoloniality to Postsecular Transmodernity / Nelson Maldonado-Torres 360
Part Five. Comparative (Post)Colonialisms
Postcolonial Theory and the Representation of Culture in the Americas / Peter Hulme 388
Elephants in the Americas? Latin American Postcolonial Studies and Global Decolonization / Fernando Coronil 396
The Latin American Postcolonialism Debate in a Comparative Context / Amaryll Chanady 417
Postcolonial Sensibility, Latin America, and the Question of Literature / Roman de la Campa 435
In the Neocolony: Destiny, Destination, and the Traffic in Meaning / Mary Louise Pratt 459
Part Six. Postcolonial Ethnicities
Peripheral Modernity and Differential Mestizaje in Latin America: Outside Subalternist Postcolonialism / Mario Roberto Morales 479
(Post)Coloniality in Ecuador: The Indigenous Movement's Practices and Politics of (Re)Signification and Decolonization / Catherine E. Walsh 506
The Maya movement: Postcolonialism and Cultural Agency / Arturo Arias 519
Bibliography 539
Contributors 609
Index 615
