03824nam 2200613 450 991079581480332120240112051638.09780822988984(electronic bk.)9780822947264(MiAaPQ)EBC30169005(Au-PeEL)EBL30169005(CKB)24989454600041(OCoLC)1347023602(MdBmJHUP)musev2_103292(EXLCZ)992498945460004120240112d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDecolonizing American Spanish Eurocentrism and the Limits of Foreignness in the Imperial Ecosystem /Jeffrey Herlihy-MeraFirst edition.Pittsburgh, Pa. :University of Pittsburgh Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (276 pages)Pitt Illuminations SeriesPrint version: Herlihy-Mera, Jeffrey Decolonizing American Spanish Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press,c2022 9780822947264 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface: When do we improve upon silence by speaking? -- Introduction: Colonialism in US Spanish departments -- After Hispanic studies: On the democratization of Spanish-language cultural study -- Vetting the decolonial turn -- Multilingual cognition and ethno-lingual relativity: expanding "Spanish" maps of meaning -- Spain: the Arabized province of Latin America, or, Which Quijote do we need? -- On the Puertoricanization of US higher education, or, The awkward constraints of using one language -- Conclusion: Overcoming the tradition of silence."Despite a pronounced shift away from Eurocentrism in Spanish and Hispanic studies departments in US universities, many implicit and explicit vestiges of coloniality remain firmly in place. While certain national and linguistic expressions are privileged, others are silenced with predictable racial and gendered results. Decolonizing American Spanish challenges not only the hegemony of Spain and its colonial pedagogies, but also the characterization of Spanish as a foreign language in the United States. By foregrounding Latin American cultures and local varieties of Spanish and reconceptualizing the foreign as domestic, Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera works to create new conceptual maps, revise inherited ones, and institutionalize marginalized and silenced voices and their stories. Considering the University of Puerto Rico as a point of context, this book brings attention to how translingual solidarity and education, a commitment to social transformation, and the engagement of student voices in their own languages can reinvent colonized education"--Provided by publisher.Pitt Latin American series.Education, HigherPolitical aspectsUnited StatesEducation, HigherSocial aspectsUnited StatesEurocentrismUnited StatesHispanic AmericansEducationSpanish languagePolitical aspectsUnited StatesSpanish languageSocial aspectsUnited StatesSpanish languageUnited StatesEducation, HigherPolitical aspectsEducation, HigherSocial aspectsEurocentrismHispanic AmericansEducation.Spanish languagePolitical aspectsSpanish languageSocial aspectsSpanish language306.44261073Herlihy-Mera Jeffrey1475291MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910795814803321Decolonizing American Spanish3793780UNINA