Decolonial Approaches to Latin American Literatures and Cultures (Literatures of the Americas)

__Decolonial Approaches to Latin American Literatures and Cultures__ engages and problematizes concepts such as “decolonial” and “coloniality” to question methodologies in literary and cultural scholarship. While the eleven contributions produce diverse approaches to literary and cultural texts ranging from Pre-Columbian to contemporary works, there is a collective questioning of the very idea of “Latin America,” what “Latin American” contains or leaves out, and the various practices and locations constituting Latinamericanism. This transdisciplinary study aims to open an evolving corpus of decolonial scholarship, providing a unique entry point into the literature and material culture produced from precolonial to contemporary times. "Acknowledgments"--"Contents"--"List of Figures" -- "Introduction: Decolonial Strategies for Reading and Looking with and against the Grain" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Part 1: Undisciplining â#x80;#x9C;Spanishâ#x80;#x9D; and â#x80;#x9C;Literatureâ#x80;#x9D;" -- "Chapter 1: Notes from the Field: Decolonizing the Curriculum/The â#x80;#x9C;Spanishâ#x80;#x9D; Major" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 2: The Rule of Impurity: Decolonial Theory and the Question of Literature" -- "Dwelling" -- "The Systemic and the Global" -- "Borders, Limits, and Rogue Ideas" -- "The Subject of Literature" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Part 2: Decolonizing Translation and Representations of the Indigenous" -- "Chapter 3: The (De)coloniality of Conceptual Inequivalence: Reinterpreting Ometeotl through Nahua Tlacuiloliztli" -- "Translating â#x80;#x9C;Ometeotlâ#x80;#x9D;" -- "Ometeotl Manifest(s)/ed" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 4: What Does the Sumak Kawsay Mean for Women in the Andes Today? Unsettling Patriarchal Sedimentations in Two Inca Writers" -- "Translation and Modernity" -- "Performing Masculinity in the Early Modern Andes" -- "Todayâ#x80;#x99;s Decolonial Translation in the Andes" -- "Women Siting Translation" -- "Conclusion" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 5: New Indigenous Literatures in the Making: A Contribution to Decoloniality" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Part 3: Material Culture and Literature as Decolonial Critiques" -- "Chapter 6: Decolonizing Aesthetic Representation: The Presence of the European Savage in Bolivian Modernity" -- "I" -- "II" -- "III" -- "IV" -- "Note" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 7: The Air as a Decolonial Critique of Being in César Calvoâ#x80;#x99;s Las tres mitades de Ino Moxo y otros brujos de la AmazonÃƯa" -- "Beyond Building, Dwelling, and Logos" -- "Calvoâ#x80;#x99;s Challenge to Logocentrism: Three Halves." Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Notes from the Field: Decolonizing the Curriculum/The “Spanish” Major....Pages 3-18 The Rule of Impurity: Decolonial Theory and the Question of Literature....Pages 19-36 Front Matter....Pages 37-37 The (De)coloniality of Conceptual Inequivalence: Reinterpreting Ometeotl through Nahua Tlacuiloliztli ....Pages 39-55 What Does the Sumak Kawsay Mean for Women in the Andes Today? Unsettling Patriarchal Sedimentations in Two Inca Writers....Pages 57-75 New Indigenous Literatures in the Making: A Contribution to Decoloniality....Pages 77-95 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 Decolonizing Aesthetic Representation: The Presence of the European Savage in Bolivian Modernity....Pages 99-119 The Air as a Decolonial Critique of Being in César Calvo’s Las tres mitades de Ino Moxo y otros brujos de la Amazonía ....Pages 121-139 Disruptive Capital in Andean/World Literature: A Decolonial Reading of Enrique Gil Gilbert’s Nuestro pan ....Pages 141-160 Front Matter....Pages 161-161 Ethnic Reemergence in Uruguay: The Return of the Charrúa in the Light of Settler Colonialism Studies....Pages 163-179 When Nationality Becomes a “Negative Condition” for Politics: Gamaliel Churata’s Contribution to Bolivian Political Theory....Pages 181-197 Decolonization and Indigenous Sovereignty: Coming to Terms with Theories in the Americas....Pages 199-213 Back Matter....Pages 215-235 Decolonial approaches to Latin American literatures and culturesengages an problematizes concepts such as "decolonial and "coloniality" to question methodologies in literary and cultural texts ranging from Pre-Columbian to conemporary work, there is a collective questionaing of the every idea of Latin America," what "Latin American" contains or leaves out, and the various practices and locations constituting Latinamericanism. This transdisciplinary study aims to open an evolving corpus of decolonial scholarship, providing a unique entry point into the literature and material culture produced from precolonial to contemporary times. -- Publisher description