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Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond

Kathleen Myers Beth Boyd Pablo García Loaeza Cara Kinnally

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English
University of Toronto Press
01 March 2024
Series: LATINOAMERICANA
Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond explores the changing dynamic of coloniality by focusing on how modern cultural products connect to the foundational structures of colonialism.

The book examines how these structures have perpetuated discourses of racial, ethnic, gender, and social exclusion rooted in Mexico's history. Given the intimate relationship between coloniality and modernity, the volume addresses three central questions: How does the Mexican colonial history influence the definition of Mexico from within and outside its borders? What issues rooted in coloniality recur over time and space? And finally, how do cultural products provide a concrete and tangible way of studying coloniality, its history, and its evolution?

The book analyses how literary works, movies, television series, and social media posts reconfigure colonial difference and spatialisation. Supported by careful historical and cultural contextualisation, these analyses will allow readers to appreciate contemporary Mexico vis-a-vis culture and borderland issues in the United States and debates on imperial memory in Spain. Ultimately, Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond presents a handbook for readers looking to learn more about coloniality as a pervasive part of global interactions today.
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Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication:   Canada
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 159mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   520g
ISBN:   9781487551216
ISBN 10:   1487551215
Series:   LATINOAMERICANA
Pages:   292
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kathleen Ann Myers is a professor of Spanish and History at Indiana University. Beth T. Boyd is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University. Pablo Garca Loaeza is a professor of Spanish at West Virginia University. Cara Anne Kinnally is an associate professor of Spanish at Purdue University. Alejandro Mejas-Lpez is an associate professor of Spanish at Indiana University. Justin Knight holds a PhD from Indiana University, Bloomington and is on faculty at the St. Paul's Schools in Brooklandville, Maryland.

Reviews for Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond

"""A nuanced and sophisticated contribution, this volume's cohesive discussion centring on Mexico and its contact zones illuminates the manifold legacies of coloniality in contemporary culture. Through both hemispheric and transatlantic perspectives, as well as a stimulating assemblage of works both familiar and new, the book convincingly illustrates how imperial inflections of the past and present play a key role in structuring recent representations of Mexico, its people, and visitors."" - M�nica Garc�a Blizzard, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ""From the neocolonial pressures Spain and the United States exert over Mexico to the latter's internal colonialism, this book presents a broad panorama of the multifold ways in which colonial structures remain in place. In dialogue with each other, the authors analyse not only literature and film but also social media and popular culture, and therefore also offer a view of the debate on colonialism as seen from the democratization social media obtains."" - Ivonne del Valle, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley ""Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond proves the relevance of colonial Latin American studies as an interdisciplinary, theoretically sound, and far-reaching field in the humanities. The book does a great job at providing a clear and eloquent analysis of how colonialism remains deeply embedded in Mexican society, and how literature, film, and popular culture deal with the colonial structures and legacies that still govern social dynamics in the country."" - Jorge T�llez, Associate Professor of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania"


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