
Word Mingas
Oralitegraphies and Mirrored Visions on Oralitures and Indigenous Contemporary Literatures
Miguel Rocha Vivas(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 15. August 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-1-4696-6734-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-6734-8 (9781469667348)
DOI
10.5149/9781469667362_RochaVivas
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Word Mingas
Oralitegraphies and Mirrored Visions on Oralitures and Indigenous Contemporary Literatures
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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.