Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond

Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond explores the changing dynamic of coloniality by focusing on how modern cultural products connect to the foundational structures of colonialism. The book examines how these structures have perpetuated discourses of racial, ethnic, gender, and social exclusion rooted in Mexico’s history. Given the intimate relationship between coloniality and modernity, the volume addresses three central questions: How does the Mexican colonial history influence the definition of Mexico from within and outside its borders? What issues rooted in coloniality recur over time and space? And finally, how do cultural products provide a concrete and tangible way of studying coloniality, its history, and its evolution?The book analyses how literary works, movies, television series, and social media posts reconfigure colonial difference and spatialization. Supported by careful historical and cultural contextualization, these analyses will allow readers to appreciate contemporary Mexico vis-à-vis culture and borderland issues in the United States and debates on imperial memory in Spain. Ultimately, Contemporary Colonialities in Mexico and Beyond presents a handbook for readers looking to learn more about coloniality as a pervasive part of global interactions today.

Kathleen Ann Myers is a professor of Spanish and History at Indiana University. Beth T. Boyd is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University. Pablo García Loaeza is a professor of Spanish at West Virginia University. Cara Anne Kinnally is an associate professor of Spanish at Purdue University. Alejandro Mejías-López is an associate professor of Spanish at Indiana University. Justin Knight holds a PhD from Indiana University, Bloomington and is on faculty at the St. Paul’s Schools in Brooklandville, Maryland.