عنوان

The Idea of Latin America

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

The Idea of Latin America

The term 'Latin' America supposes that there is an America that is Latin, which can be defined in opposition to one that is not. This geo-political manifesto revisits the idea of Latinity, charting the history of the concept from its emergence in Europe under France's leadership, through its appropriation by the Creole elite of South America and the Spanish Caribbean in the second half of the nineteenth century, up to the present day. Reinstating the indigenous peoples, the enormous population of African descent and the 40 million Latino/as in the US that are rendered invisible by the image of a homogeneous Latin America, the author asks what is at stake in the survival of an idea which subdivides the Americas. He explains why an 'American Union' similar to the European Union is at this point unthinkable and he insists on the pressing need to leave behind an idea of Latinity which belongs to the Creole/Mestizo mentality of the nineteenth century.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Malden; Oxford

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Blackwell

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2007

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xx, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Other Title Information

Blackwell manifestos

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references )p. ]163[-181( and index

Text of Note

ISBN: 9781405100861

Text of Note

Walter D. Mignolo

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Name ، Latin America

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History Philosophy ، Latin America

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Civilization European influences ، Latin America

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Race relations ، Latin America

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Colonization ، Latin America

Class number

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Mignolo, Walter

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AU

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