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Book SynopsisContemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond explores the changing dynamic of coloniality by focusing on how modern cultural products connect to the foundational structures of colonialism. The book examines how these structures have perpetuated discourses of racial, ethnic, gender, and social exclusion rooted in Mexico’s history. Given the intimate relationship between coloniality and modernity, the volume addresses three central questions: How does the Mexican colonial history influence the definition of Mexico from within and outside its borders? What issues rooted in coloniality recur over time and space? And finally, how do cultural products provide a concrete and tangible way of studying coloniality, its history, and its evolution?
The book analyses how literary works, movies, television series, and social media posts reconfigure colonial difference and spatialization. Supported by careful historical and cultural contextualization, these analyses will allow readers to appreciate contemporary Mexico vis-à-vis culture and borderland issues in the United States and debates on imperial memory in Spain. Ultimately, Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond presents a handbook for readers looking to learn more about coloniality as a pervasive part of global interactions today.
Table of ContentsChronology of Notable Dates and Events Introduction: Contemporary Mexican Coloniality Justin Knight 1. An Archaeology of Coloniality: José Emilio Pacheco’s and Alfonso Cuarón’s Colonia Roma Kathleen Ann Myers 2. Pocket-Size Apocalypses: Coloniality in Juan José Arreola’s La feria and Carlos Reygadas’ “Este es mi reino” Pablo García Loaeza 3. Popular Culture, Popular Piety: Religion, Secularism, and Colonial Inheritances in Twenty-First Century Social Media Beth T. Boyd 4. Travel, Migration, and the Making of Borderlands: Life and Death in the (Neo)Colony Cara Anne Kinnally 5. On Bad Education and Growing Flowers: Colonial-Imperial Legacies in Arturo Pérez Reverte, Pedro Almodóvar, and Manolo Caro Alejandro Mejías-López
