The Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality, & Colonization, 2nd Edition

by Walter D. Mignolo

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472089315
• ISBN13: 9780472089314
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.4"