Colonialism and race in Luso-Hispanic literature / Jerome C. Branche.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Branche, Jerome.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American literature--History and criticism.

Latin American literature.

Racism in literature.

Race in literature.

Slavery in literature.

Black people in literature.

Physical Description:

x, 292 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, [2006]

Summary:

"Branche examines a wide variety of Latin American literature and discourse to show the extent and range of racist sentiments throughout the culture. He argues that racism in the modern period (1415-1948) was a tool used to advance Spanish and Portuguese expansion, colonial enterprise, and the international development of capitalism"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Iberian antecedents

Slavery and the syntax of subpersonhood

Tez de mulato : race, writing, and the antislavery premise

Negrism, modernism, nationalism, and a Palesian paradox

Menegildo, Macandal, and marvelous realism : of iconicity and otherness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-282) and index.

ISBN:

0826216137

OCLC:

62697100

Publisher Number:

9780826216137