Decolonizing Indigeneity : new approaches to Latin American literature /

"While there are differences between cultures in different places and times, colonial representations of Indigenous peoples generally suggest they are not capable of literature nor are they worthy of being represented as nations. Colonial representations of Indigenous people continue on into th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ward, Thomas, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]
Colección:Latin American decolonial and postcolonial literature.
Temas:
Latin American literature > History and criticism.
Decolonization.
Indigenous peoples.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Littérature latino-américaine > Histoire et critique.
Décolonisation.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Decolonization
Indigenous peoples
Latin American literature
Postcolonialism in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The coloniality of literary practice
  • Colonial force: word choices, the denial of nationness, and the coloniality of mind
  • The Popul Wuj and the birth of Mayan literature
  • Coloniality of mind in Zárate's Historia del descubrimiento y conquista del Perú
  • Alva Ixtlilxochitl, civilization, and the quest for coevalness
  • González Prada and Menchú: Indigenist and Indigenous expression
  • Final thoughts: Overcoming coloniality in literature and history
  • Appendix: Chapter comparison of Book I of Zárate's Chronicle.

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