The Mestizo Mind - The Intellectual Dynamics of Colonization and Globalization

A masterful alchemy of history, anthropology, philosophy and visual analysis, The Mestizo Mind definitively conceptualizes the clash of civilizations in the style of Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak and Anne McClintock.

List of contents

Introduction PART I. MELANGE, CHAOS, WESTERNIZATION 1. Amazons 2. Melange and Mestizo 3. The Shock of Conquest 4. Westernization PART II. MESTIZO IMAGERY 5. The Lady Centaur and the Monkey 6. Mexican Ovid 7. The Invasion of Grotesques, or, Moving Images 8. The Language of Grotesques and Glyphs PART III. MESTIZO CREATMTY 9. Wolf, Rain, and Rainbow 10. Crossing the Sea 11. Colonizing Heaven 12. Sibylline Grotto, Conclusion: Happy Together

About the author

Serge Gruzinski lectures at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and is research director of EHESS's Empire/Society/Nations research center. He is recently the author of Images at War: Mexico fromColumbus to Blade Runner and The Conquest of Mexico.

Summary

A masterful alchemy of history, anthropology, philosophy and visual analysis, The MestizoMind definitively conceptualizes the clash of civilizations in the style of Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak and Anne McClintock.

Product details

• Authors: Deke Dusinberre, Serge Gruzinksi, Serge Gruzinski, Gruzinski Serge
• Assisted by: Deke Dusinberre (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780415928793
• ISBN: 978-0-415-92879-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Latin America, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Colonialism & imperialism, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence