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

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....

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Main Author: Kulstad-González, Pauline M. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Leiden Sidestone Press 2020
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