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Amerindian Images and the Legacy of Columbus
. Ed(S): Jara, Rene; Spadaccini, Nicholas
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Paperback. Editor(s): Jara, Rene; Spadaccini, Nicholas. Series: Hispanic Issues S. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JHM; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 880.
“...offers a well-informed and academically creative reading of texts which foster the so-called colonial imaginary in relation to Spanish and Portuguese colonial enterprises in the Americas.” Guido A. Podesta
University of Wisconsin-MadisonThe legacy of Columbus’s discovery of the New World and its subsequent colonization is a current focus of much historical investigation. Columbus himself continues to be a cipher like the signature he crafted for himself, a signature no one has been able to decode. What is certain, however, is that this signature symbolized the construction of a colonial imagery that is still operative and that the consequences of the violent ... Read moreProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Series
Hispanic Issues S.
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816621675
SKU
V9780816621675
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About . Ed(S): Jara, Rene; Spadaccini, Nicholas
Rene Jara is professor of Spanish-American literature and chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Minnesota. Nicholas Spadaccini is professor of Hispanic studies and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota.
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