Planetary Longings by Mary Louise Pratt

Planetary Longings by Mary Louise Pratt

Tracing colonialism alongside the history of anticolonial struggles in the Americas, Mary Louise Pratt shows how the turn of the twenty-first century marks a catastrophic turning point in the human and planetary condition.

"Planetary Longings offers, among other things, a firsthand intellectual history of the past three decades, examining the consequences for thinkers and activists of a newly totalizing capitalism bent on despoiling the earth" -- Kirsten Silva Gruesz * Critical Inquiry *
"Mary Louise Pratt is a profound and important thinker and a superb essayist. . . ." -- Ryne Clos * Spectrum Culture *
"Planetary Longings is Mary Louise Pratt in her prime. A profound historical thinker, global intellectual, and reader rooted in Latin American studies, Pratt invites us in this book to witness the tumultuous and changing history of Latin America—and with it, crucially, the discipline of Latin American cultural studies—over the past forty years. . . . In this book, the complex intersections between literary criticism, cultural studies, postcolonialism, and sociolinguistics are brought within our reach in readable and vigorous prose, in which a sharp sense of humor is combined with a vibrant and optimistic invitation to read, think, and listen to the forces that move the world." -- Felipe Martínez-Pinzón * A Contracorriente *
"Pratt effectively demonstrates a way of reimagining scholarship in relation to Latin America while also providing an interesting reading experience. This collection will be particularly useful to teachers of global studies and to postcolonial scholars looking to expand their knowledge of anti-colonial and decolonial thought." -- Jessi Rae Morton * symploke *

Mary Louise Pratt is Silver Professor, Emerita, of Spanish and Portuguese and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University and Olive H. Palmer Professor in the Humanities, Emerita, at Stanford University. She is coeditor of Trumpism, Mexican America, and the Struggle for Latinx Citizenship and author of Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation.

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ISBN 13	9781478018292
ISBN 10	1478018291
Title	Planetary Longings
Author	Mary Louise Pratt
Series	Dissident Acts
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Duke University Press
Year published	2022-06-10
Number of pages	352
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