Fernando Coronil, Elephants in the Americas? Latin American Postcolonial Studies and Global Decolonization

2021 ◽  
pp. 396-416
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Postcolonial Studies

scholarly journals Contributions of Aníbal Quijano and Enrique Dussel for an Anti-Management Perspective in Defence of Life

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (58) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Ceci Araujo Misoczky
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
American Studies ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
Latin American Studies ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Enrique Dussel ◽  
Philosophy Of Liberation ◽  
Management Attitude

This text belongs to the field of Latin American studies and, more specifically, affirm the Philosophy of Liberation as its ethical fundament. It affirms the adoption of an anti-management attitude because the distinction between Northern/Southern management is irrelevant for the victims. Quijano’s coloniality of power and Dussel’s transmodernity  are introduced because they open possibilities for a politicized discussion that goes beyond culturalism and indicate the need of transcending the globalized power of capitalist power as an indispensable condition for the liberation of the victims of this system of power. Follows a critical appraisal of postcolonial studies and a brief overview of its presence in the field of MOS. Finally, the argument for the need of an anti-management perspective is presented.

scholarly journals Mythical Dimension of Human-environmental Relations in Modern Latin-American Prose Fiction

2018 ◽  
pp. 35-49
Author(s):  
Edyta Andzel-O'Shanahan
Keyword(s):  
American Literature ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
Latin American Literature ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Narrative Discourse ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Environmental Relations ◽  
Modes Of Interaction

Various modes of interaction between humans and the natural world are among the most important topics in modern Latin-American literature. The narrative discourse of the region debates the Old World myths and ideals projected onto the Latin-American reality. It also incorporates indigenous mythical concepts which contribute towards the creation of a new and original literary vision of the natural world. Growing interest in ecocriticism and its importance in postcolonial studies highlight the validity of new approaches to non-Western cultures and literatures and the necessity of reinterpretation of cultural practice within environmentally conscious theoretical framework. Far from being exhaustive, the present study suggests some new and ecologically sensitive interpretative patterns which centre on the relationship between myth, nature and narrative.

scholarly journals Los estudios culturales y la construcción social del patrimonio cultural

REVISTARQUIS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Elena Malavassi Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
American Authors ◽  
Estudios Culturales

ResumenEl presente artículo forma parte una investigación más amplia, cuyo tema es la construcción social del patrimonio urbano y arquitectónico en la ciudad de San José, Costa Rica. El proyecto tiene por objetivo analizar la forma en que se ha construido el concepto de patrimonio en Costa Rica, específicamente en la ciudad de San José, su capital. En este texto se realiza una revisión de los postulados de los principales autores de la corriente de los estudios culturales, para definir un esquema de análisis aplicable al caso de estudio. El artículo se estructura en cuatro apartados: inicia con la obra de los pioneros de este tipo de estudios en Inglaterra, luego se analiza su repercusión en otras latitudes, por ejemplo, el desarrollo de los estudios poscoloniales en lugares como la India, para luego pasar a los trabajos de autores latinoamericanos, y finalmente hacer referencia a su impacto en el desarrollo de los estudios culturales en Costa Rica.AbstractThis article is part of a wider investigation; the theme is the social construction of urban and architectural heritage in San Jose City, Costa Rica. The project aims to analyze how the concept of heritage has been built in Costa Rica, specifically in San Jose City, the capital. In this paper is a review of the postulates of the principal authors of the cultural studies to define a scheme applicable to the case study analysis. The article is divided into four sections: begins with the work of the pioneers of this type of study in England, then its impact is analyzed elsewhere, for example, the development of postcolonial studies in India , the work of Latin American authors , and finally make reference to their impact on the development of cultural studies in Costa Rica.

scholarly journals Christer Kihlmans självbiografi Livsdrömmen Rena (1982) i ett postkolonialt perspektiv

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-118
Author(s):  
Jan Dlask
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Postcolonial Studies ◽  
South American ◽  
All My Sons

This article deals with the autobiography Livsdrömmen rena (1982; The Clear Dream of Life), written by the Finland-Swedish author Christer Kihlman. It is his second so-called South America book and is based on the writer’s own experiences from the early 1980s, when he visited several South American countries. The text is seen in a theoretical-methodological frame of postcolonial studies, i.e. the 1978 book Orientalism by Edward W. Said, which describes, how “the Orient”, Oriental people and nations were viewed by their western colonizers. The analysis, which also takes into account Latin American postcolonial specificities, follows the article author’s already performed interpretation of Kihlman’s first South America book, Alla mina söner (1980; translated as All My Sons, 1984).

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