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SUMMARY:CMLIT Luncheon with Arturo Arias
DESCRIPTION:\n&ldquo\;New Narratives in Indigenous Languages: Creativity
and the Struggle Against Racism in Colonialized Spaces&rdquo\;\n\nArtur
o Arias\n\nUniversity of California\, Merced\n\nThis talk will address r
ecent fiction written by Native Mesoamerican authors\, highlighting thei
r epistemic dimensions and ontological implications. These narratives\,
written bilingually in the authors&rsquo\; native languages and in Spani
sh\, are primarily organized around racialization. They dramatize how In
digenous bodies were disciplined\, treated as commodities to be bought a
nd sold\, and how these issues have spilled into contemporary political
life. At the same time\, their struggles are inscribed within a validati
on of their beingness as non-Western cultures struggling to be recognize
d to end racism and economic exploitation\, while marking epistemologica
l ruptures with Western-centric civilizing teleology.\n\n \;\n\nArtu
ro Arias\, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Professor in th
e Humanities at the University of California\, Merced. He has published
Recovering Lost Footprints: Contemporary Maya Narratives. Volumes 1 (201
7)\, and 2 (2018). Taking their Word: Literature and the Signs of Centra
l America (2007)\, The Rigoberta Menchú\; Controversy (2000)\, The
Identity of the Word: Guatemalan Literature in Light of the New Century
(1998)\, Ceremonial Gestures: Central American Fiction 1960-1990 (1998)
\, and a critical edition of Miguel Angel Asturias&rsquo\;s Mulata (2000
).\n\nPlease register in advance.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la
.psu.edu/event/cmlit-luncheon_0920/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:“New Narr
atives in Indigenous Languages: Creativity and the Struggle Against Raci
sm in Colonialized Spaces”
Arturo Arias
University of
California, Merced
This talk will address recent fiction written b
y Native Mesoamerican authors, highlighting their epistemic dimensions a
nd ontological implications. These narratives, written bilingually in th
e authors’ native languages and in Spanish, are primarily organize
d around racialization. They dramatize how Indigenous bodies were discip
lined, treated as commodities to be bought and sold, and how these issue
s have spilled into contemporary political life. At the same time, their
struggles are inscribed within a validation of their beingness as non-W
estern cultures struggling to be recognized to end racism and economic e
xploitation, while marking epistemological ruptures with Western-centric
civilizing teleology.
Arturo Arias, John D. a
nd Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the
University of California, Merced. He has published Recovering Lost Fo
otprints: Contemporary Maya Narratives. Volumes 1 (2017), and 2 (2018). Taking their Word: Literature and the Signs of Central Ame
rica (2007), The Rigoberta Menchú Controversy (2000), The Identity of the Word: Guatemalan Literature in Light of th
e New Century (1998), Ceremonial Gestures: Central American Ficti
on 1960-1990 (1998), and a critical edition of Miguel Angel Asturias
’s Mulata (2000).
Please register in advance.
F
or more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cmlit-luncheon_0920/
URL:https://complit.la.psu.edu/news-events/comp-lit-luncheon-series
LOCATION:102 Kern Building
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