The idea of Latin America /

Mignolo, Walter.

The idea of Latin America / Walter D. Mignolo. - Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2005. - xx, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Blackwell manifestos .

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

The Americas, Christian expansion, and the modern/colonial foundation of racism -- "Latin" America and the first reordering of the modern/colonial world -- After "Latin" America : the colonial wound and the epistemic geo-/body-political shift.

1405100850 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405100869 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405100854 9781405100861


Latin America--Name.
Latin America--History--Philosophy.
Latin America--Civilization--European influences.
Latin America--Race relations.
Latin America--Colonization.

F1406 / .M54 2005