Creolizing the Nation
Kris F Sealey, "Creolizing the Nation"
English | ISBN: 081014235X | 2020 | 232 pages | PDF | 1358 KB
English | ISBN: 081014235X | 2020 | 232 pages | PDF | 1358 KB
Winner, 2022 Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista Outstanding Book Award
Creolizing the Nation identifies the nation-form as a powerful resource for political struggles against colonialism, racism, and other manifestations of Western hegemony in the Global South even as it acknowledges the homogenizing effects of the politics of nationalism. Drawing on Caribbean, decolonial, and Latina feminist resources, Kris F. Sealey argues that creolization provides a rich theoretical ground for rethinking the nation and deploying its political and cultural apparatus to imagine more just, humane communities.
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