A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture

Editor’s Acknowledgments.

Acknowledgments to Sources.

Introduction: Sara Castro-Klaren (The Johns Hopkins University).

Preamble: The Historical Foundation of Modernity/Coloniality and the Emergence of Decolonial Thinking: Walter D. Mignolo (Duke University).

Part I: Coloniality:.

Part II: Transformations:.

Part III: The Emergence of National Communities in New Imperial Coordinates:.

Part IV: Uncertain Modernities:.

Part V: Global and Local Perspectives:.

Index