Word Mingas

Oralitegraphies and Mirrored Visions on Oralitures and Indigenous Contemporary Literatures
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4696-6734-8
Verlag: UNC Department of Romance Studies

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

Reihe: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures

Word Mingas is an encompassing study of oralitures--multilayered cultural knowledge shared through the power of orality--and written literatures by authors from Colombia and other regions in the hemisphere who self-identify as Indigenous. In consequential dialogue with the most recent theories of decoloniality and interculturality, the book weaves and compares two threads of literary critique Rocha Vivas names as oralitegraphies and mirrored visions. The study focuses on texts produced from the early 1990s to the present, and offers productive avenues to discuss, understand, and foster dialogue with the wide array of symbolic-literary systems of the original peoples. Rocha Vivas offers a valuable contribution to the much-needed dialogue on the basic rights of self-representation, self-determination, and the coexistence of multiple systems of representation and identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rocha Vivas, Miguel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Miguel Rocha Vivas is an essayist, intercultural educator, and author of travel literature. He is currently a professor in the Department of Literature at the Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia.