Hispaniola - Hell or Home? Decolonizing Grand Narratives about Intercultural Interactions at Concepción de la Vega (1494-1564)

• Hoofdauteur: Kulstad-González, Pauline M. (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Leiden Sidestone Press 2020
• Onderwerpen: Archaeology; Caribbean islands; historical archaeology; Dominican Republic; grand narratives; Spanish conquest; decoloniality
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Grand Narratives of colonization, especially ones related to the Spanish and Portuguese Americas, began circulating soon after 1492. The danger of these Grand Narratives is that they are often mistaken as reality and eclipse all other possible narrations pertaining to a particular place and/or time....