Mestiz@ Scripts, Digital Migrations, and the Territories of Writing

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-37269-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 303 g

Reihe: New Directions in Latino American Cultures

Conventional scholarship on written communication positions the Western alphabet as a precondition for literacy. Thus, pictographic, non-verbal writing practices of Mesoamerica remain obscured by representations of lettered speech. This book examines how contemporary Mestiz@ scripts challenge alphabetic dominance, thereby undermining the colonized territories of "writing." Strategic weavings of Aztec and European inscription systems not only promote historically-grounded accounts of how recorded information is expressed across cultures, but also speak to emerging studies on "visual/multimodal" education. Baca-Espinosa argues that Mestiz@ literacies advance "new" ways of reading and writing, applicable to diverse classrooms of the twenty-first century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baca, D.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mestiz@ Scripts and the Rhetoric of Subversion * New Consciousness/Ancient Myths * Mestiz@: A Brief History, from Mexicatl to Chican@ * Codex Scripts of Resistance: From Columbus to the Border Patrol * The Spreading of Color: Sacred Scripts and the Genesis of the Rio Grande * Gloria Anzaldúa and the Territories of Writing * Thinking and Teaching across Borders and Hemispheres

Über Autor(innen)

DAMIÁN BACA is assistant professor of Rhetoric & Writing, Chicano-Latino studies, and American Indian studies at the University of Arizona. Baca earned his Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 2006.