The Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality, & Colonization, 2nd Edition

by Walter D. Mignolo

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The Darker Side of the Renaissance weaves together literature, semiotics, history, historiography, cartography, and cultural theory to examine the role of language in the colonization of the New World. Exploring the many connections among writing, social organization, and political control, including how alphabetic writing is linked with the exercise of power, Walter D. Mignolo claims that European forms of literacy were at the heart of New World...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0472089315

ISBN13:9780472089314

Release Date:October 2003

Publisher:University of Michigan Press

Length:488 Pages

Weight:0.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

Americas Classics Criticism & Theory Education & Reference Ethnic Studies Europe History History & Criticism Latin America Literary Criticism

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