| Description |
x, 292 pages ; 24 cm |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Iberian antecedents -- Slavery and the syntax of subpersonhood -- Tez de mulato : race, writing, and the antislavery premise -- Negrism, modernism, nationalism, and a Palésian paradox -- Menegildo, Macandal, and marvelous realism : of iconicity and otherness. |
| Subject |
Latin American literature -- History and criticism.
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Latin American literature. |
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Racism in literature.
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Racism in literature. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
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Slavery in literature.
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Slavery in literature. |
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Black people in literature.
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Black people in literature. |
| ISBN |
0826216137 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780826216137 hardcover alkaline paper |
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