Abstract

LISBOA, Armando de Melo. De América a Abya Yala: Semiótica da descolonização. R. Educ. Públ. [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.53, suppl.02, pp.501-531. ISSN 2238-2097.

Abstract Departing from a geopolitical and epistemological background the paper debates the emergence of the Abya Yala`s concept in denominating the American continent. To do so, and considering also the global process of colonization-decolonization, takes stock of the Pan-Americanism, Pan-Latin and Pan-Indigenous perspectives

Keywords : Abya Yala; America; Identity; Decolonization; Semiotics.

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