Embers of the Past : Essays in Times of Decolonization /

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Embers of the Past is a powerful critique of historicism and modernity. Javier Sanjinés C. analyzes the conflict between the cultures and movements of indigenous peoples and attention to the modern nation-state in its contemporary Latin American manifestations. He contends that indigenous movements...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sanjines C., Javier (Autor)
Otros Autores: Frye, David, Mignolo, Walter D. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2013]
Colección:Latin America otherwise : languages, empires, nations : 46
Temas:
Cultural pluralism.
Ethnic relations.
Multiculturalism.
Postcolonialism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • About the Series
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction MODERNITY IN THE BALANCE, THE ''TRANSGRESSIVE'' ESSAY, AND DECOLONIZATION
  • Chapter One THE CHANGING FACES OF HISTORICAL TIME
  • Chapter Two IS THE NATION AN IMAGINED COMMUNITY?
  • Chapter Three ''NOW TIME'': SUBALTERN PASTS AND CONTESTED HISTORICISM
  • Chapter Four THE DIMENSIONS OF THE NATION AND THE DISPLACEMENTS OF SOCIAL METAPHOR IN BOLIVIA
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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