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coloniality of being: a standalone construct

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Latin American studies

the lived effects of coloniality on human existence, in which colonized people are treated as less than fully human.

In Latin American studies, coloniality of being refers to the lived effects of coloniality on human existence, in which colonized people are treated as less than fully human. This meaning comes from Maldonado-Torres (2007) in Cultural Studies.[1]

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being3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs cultural studies1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct existence3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

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Maldonado-Torres, N. (2007). On the Coloniality of Being. Cultural Studies, 21(2-3), 240-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502380601162548

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