Hispaniola - hell or home? : decolonizing grand narratives about intercultural interactions at Concepción de la Vega (1494-1564) /

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Author / Creator:Kulstad González, Pauline, 1971- author.
Imprint:Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2020]
©2020
Description:1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Language:English
Subject:Antiquities.
Spanish colonies.
Concepción de la Vega (Dominican Republic) -- Antiquities.
Hispaniola -- History.
Spain -- Colonies -- America.
Dominican Republic -- Concepción de la Vega.
America.
Hispaniola.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12591726
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ISBN:9789088908538
9088908532
9789088908514
9088908516
9789088908521
9088908524
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
In English with summaries in Dutch and Spanish.
Print version record.
Summary: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. As more Caribbean territories become independent, the questioning of Grand Narratives has permeated many disciplines in the region, and archaeology is no exception. This work attempts to examine the lifeways at the archaeological site of Concepción de la Vega during its occupation from 1494 through 1564, using a Decolonial approach. Situated in present-day Dominican Republic (Hispaniola island), this site was one of the earliest and most affluent in Caribbean colonial history. The Decolonial approach used here critically analyzes and reinterprets primary data about Concepción from the point of view of those colonized, particularly non-elite, Indigenous peoples, and those of African descent. This approach uses various sources of data to recreate early lifeways, and helps gain a better understanding of the process through which the Spanish-American cultural tradition was created, and later disseminated, to the rest of Latin America.
Other form:Print version: Kulstad-González, Pauline M. Hispaniola - Hell or home? Decolonizing Grand Narratives about intercultural interactions at Concepción de la Vega (1494-1564). Leiden : Sidestone Press 2020 9789088908514