Decolonizing American Spanish : Eurocentrism and the Limits of Foreignness in the Imperial Ecosystem / Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herlihy-Mera, Jeffrey, author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Illuminations Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.

Eurocentrism--United States.

Eurocentrism.

Hispanic Americans--Education.

Hispanic Americans.

Spanish language--Political aspects--United States.

Spanish language.

Spanish language--Social aspects--United States.

Spanish language--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Despite a pronounced shift away from Eurocentrism in Spanish and Hispanic studies departments in US universities, many implicit and explicit vestiges of coloniality remain firmly in place. While certain national and linguistic expressions are privileged, others are silenced with predictable racial and gendered results. Decolonizing American Spanish challenges not only the hegemony of Spain and its colonial pedagogies, but also the characterization of Spanish as a foreign language in the United States. By foregrounding Latin American cultures and local varieties of Spanish and reconceptualizing the foreign as domestic, Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera works to create new conceptual maps, revise inherited ones, and institutionalize marginalized and silenced voices and their stories. Considering the University of Puerto Rico as a point of context, this book brings attention to how translingual solidarity and education, a commitment to social transformation, and the engagement of student voices in their own languages can reinvent colonized education"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface: When do we improve upon silence by speaking?

Introduction: Colonialism in US Spanish departments

After Hispanic studies: On the democratization of Spanish-language cultural study

Vetting the decolonial turn

Multilingual cognition and ethno-lingual relativity: expanding "Spanish" maps of meaning

Spain: the Arabized province of Latin America, or, Which Quijote do we need?

On the Puertoricanization of US higher education, or, The awkward constraints of using one language

Conclusion: Overcoming the tradition of silence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Herlihy-Mera, Jeffrey Decolonizing American Spanish

ISBN:

9780822988984

OCLC:

1347023602