Written by internationally renowned scholars based in Latin America, the United States, and Europe, the essays reflect multiple disciplinary and ideological perspectives. Some are translated into English for the first time. The collection includes theoretical reflections, literary criticism, and historical and ethnographic case studies focused on Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Brazil, the Andes, and the Caribbean. Contributors examine the relation of Marxist thought, dependency theory, and liberation theology to Latin Americans’ experience of and resistance to coloniality, and they emphasize the critique of Occidentalism and modernity as central to any understanding of the colonial project. Analyzing the many ways that Latin Americans have resisted imperialism and sought emancipation and sovereignty over several centuries, they delve into topics including violence, identity, otherness, memory, heterogeneity, and language. Contributors also explore Latin American intellectuals’ ambivalence about, or objections to, the “post” in postcolonial; to many, globalization and neoliberalism are the contemporary guises of colonialism in Latin America.
Contributors: Arturo Arias, Gordon Brotherston, Santiago Castro-G籀mez, Sara Castro-Klaren,
Amaryll Chanady, Fernando Coronil, Rom獺n de la Campa, Enrique Dussel, Ram籀n Grosfoguel,
Russell G. Hamilton, Peter Hulme, Carlos A. J獺uregui, Michael L繹wy, Nelson Maldonado-Torres,
Jos矇 Antonio Mazzotti, Eduardo Mendieta, Walter D. Mignolo, Mario Roberto Morales, Mabel Mora簽a, Mary Louise Pratt, An穩bal Quijano, Jos矇 Rabasa, Elzbieta Sklodowska, Catherine E. Walsh