RT Journal Article
T1 Decolonizing Global History? A Latin American Perspective
A1 De Lima Grecco, Gabriela
AB The field of global history has been thriving for over two decades; however, unlike Europe, the United States, and Asia, which have witnessed a true“boom” in this area, there has been no such significant development in Latin America. In fact, there is even an attitude of rejection toward what many academics in the region consider an “Anglo-Saxon trend.” This article argues that this lack of attachment to global history lies in conceptual flaws, as well as in the continuous production of academic work that lacks nuance and is predominantly based on secondary literature written in English. To counteract these tendencies and better adapt the field to the academic and historical realities of Latin America, this article engages in a dialogue with representatives of decolonial studies. This article suggests that an approach to this movement—whose followers condemn the implicit Eurocentrism of Western historiography—will contribute to the necessary decolonization of global history.
PB University of Hawai‘i Press
SN 1045-6007
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113602
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/113602
LA eng
NO De Lima Grecco, G., & Schuster, S. (2020). Decolonizing Global History? A Latin American Perspective. Journal of World History 31(2), 425-446. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jwh.2020.0024.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 31 dic 2025