The idea of Latin America /
Walter D. Mignolo.
- Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
- xx, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Blackwell manifestos .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-181) and index.
The Americas, Christian expansion, and the modern/colonial foundation of racism -- "Latin" America and the first reordering of the modern/colonial world -- After "Latin" America : the colonial wound and the epistemic geo-/body-political shift.
Latin America--Name. Latin America--History--Philosophy. Latin America--Civilization--European influences. Latin America--Race relations. Latin America--Colonization.