Existence of the Mixed Race Damnes - Decolonialism, Class, Gender, Race

This book explains the racial construction of mixed-race Latinxs in the Americas, centring an intersectional analysis in the theory of coloniality. It explores the first-person experience with an analysis of semiotic structures and connects theory and history to action.

List of contents

Introduction / 1. The Spatiality of the Damnés / 2. Visible Race and the Legacy of the Sistema de Castas / 3. The Semiotics of Gender in Colonial/Renaissance Knowledge Production / 4. Taking Action as the Damnés / Conclusion / Bibliography / Index

About the author

Daphne V. Taylor-Garcia is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

Summary

This book explains the racial construction of mixed-race Latinxs in the Americas, centring an intersectional analysis in the theory of coloniality. It explores the first person experience with an analysis of semiotic structures and connects theory and history to action.

Product details

• Authors: DAPHN TAYLOR-GARCIA, Daphne V Taylor-Garcia, Daphne V. Taylor-Garcia
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781786606150
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-615-0
• No. of pages: 158
• Series: Global Critical Caribbean Thought; Global Critical Caribbean Thou; Global Critical Caribbean Thou; Global Critical Caribbean Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, Ethnic Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, Social & political philosophy, Modern philosophy: since c 1800