The silence of the Miskito prince : how cultural dialogue was colonized /
"How can we tell colonial histories in ways that invite intercultural conversation within humanistic fields that are themselves products of colonial domination? Focusing on the first two centuries of North American colonization, Matt Cohen explores this question by looking critically at five co...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, MN :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2022]
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| Summary: | "How can we tell colonial histories in ways that invite intercultural conversation within humanistic fields that are themselves products of colonial domination? Focusing on the first two centuries of North American colonization, Matt Cohen explores this question by looking critically at five concepts frequently used to imagine solutions to the challenges of cross-cultural communication: understanding, cosmopolitanism, piety, reciprocity, and patience"-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781517913946 1517913942 9781517913953 1517913950 |