Decolonizing Indigeneity - New Approaches to Latin American Literature

While contemporary scholars have taken a great interest in diversity or heterogeneity, this model is relatively new and literature of the past is still crying out for its place in the diversity model. This book models five different decolonizing methods to examine both indigenous writing and representations of indigenous peoples by learned elites.

List of contents

Introduction: The Coloniality of Literary Practice
Chapter 1: Colonial Force: Word Choices, the Denial of Nationness, and the Coloniality of Mind
Chapter 2: The Popol Wuj and the Birth of Mayan Literature
Chapter 3: Coloniality of mind in Zárate's Historia del descubrimiento y conquista del Perú
Chapter 4: Alva Ixtlilxochitl, Civilization, and the Quest for Coevalness
Chapter 5: González Prada and Menchú: Indigenism and Indigenous Expression
Final Thoughts: Overcoming Coloniality in Literature and History

About the author

By Thomas Ward

Summary

While contemporary scholars have taken a great interest in diversity or heterogeneity, this model is relatively new and literature of the past is still crying out for its place in the diversity model. This book models five different decolonizing methods to examine both indigenous writing and representations of indigenous peoples by learned elites.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Ward
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781498535205
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3520-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Latin American Decolonial and; Latin American Decolonial and Postcolonial Literature; Latin American Decolonial and; Latin American Decolonial and Postcolonial Literature; Critical Approaches to Latin American Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Latin America, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, Colonialism & imperialism, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Literary studies: general, Colonialism and imperialism, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Literary theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Indigenous