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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 colonization. It has long been acknowledged that Amerindians were at a disadvantage in facing European invaders because native cultures did not employ the same kind of texts (hence "knowledge") that the Europeans valued. Yet no one but Mignolo has so thoroughly examined either the process or the implications of conquest and destruction through language. The book continues to challenge commonplace understandings of New World history and to stimulate new colonial and postcolonial scholarship."--Back cover.
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History, Historiography, Indians, Writing, Language and history, Cartography, Renaissance, Languages, Maps, Cartographie, Influence occidentale, Geschichtsschreibung, Kolonisatie, Alfabetisme, Kartografie, Collectief geheugen, Langues indiennes d'Amérique, Schriftlichkeit, Europa, Civilisation, Langage et histoire, Indianer, Geschichte, Spanisch, Kolonialismus, Influence espagnole, Écriture, Espagnol (langue), Cartes, Influence étrangère, Histoire, Littérature latino-américaine, Kolonisation, Lateinamerika, Cartogrphie, Ecriture indienne, Relativisme culturel, Colonisation, Ecriture, Culture dominante, Influence, Indiens, Historiographie, Alphabetisation, Amerindien (peuple), Indians--historiography, Renaissance--spain, Language and history--latin america, Indians--languages--writing, Writing--history, Cartography--history, Cartography--spain--history, Maps--history, F1409.7 .m56 2003, 980/.013Places
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2003, University of Michigan Press
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June 15, 1997, University of Michigan Press
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The darker side of the Renaissance: literacy, territoriality, and colonization
1995, University of Michigan Press
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The Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality, and Colonization is a long-awaited contribution to colonial studies, destined to be influential across a range of disciplines. This broad and ambitious work examines the role of language in the colonization of the New World by weaving together literature, semiotics, history, historiography, cartography, geography, and cultural theory.
The Darker Side of the Renaissance significantly challenges our understanding of New World history. It will stimulate Renaissance and New World scholarship, speak to debates in current anthropology, augment our understanding of linguistics, and provide models for colonial and postcolonial scholarship.
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