{"product_id":"idea-of-latin-america-paperback","title":"Idea of Latin America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter D. Mignolo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century through various permutations to the present day.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAsks what is at stake in the survival of an idea which subdivides the Americas.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReinstates the indigenous peoples and migrations excluded by the image of a homogenous Latin America with defined borders.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInsists on the pressing need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 élite of South America and the Spanish Caribbean in the second half of the nineteenth century, up to the present day. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReinstating 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 homogenous 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 élite of South America and the Spanish Caribbean in the second half of the nineteenth century, up to the present day. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReinstating 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 homogenous 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter D. Mignolo\u003c\/b\u003e is William H. Wanamaker Professor and Director of Global Studies and the Humanities at the John Hope Franklin Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eLocal Histories \/ Global Designs: Coloniality, Subaltern Knowledges and Border Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and \u003ci\u003eThe Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality and Colonization\u003c\/i\u003e (1995). He is founder and co-editor of the journal, Disposition, and co-founder and co-editor of Nepantla: Views from the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.96 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42119578550407,"sku":"9781405100861","price":82.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e88e38d695134da7e837b74c4c057159.webp?v=1732541784","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/idea-of-latin-america-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}