Human Rights in the Americas (InterAmerican Res, Herrera-Sobek, Lomeli, Kirs..

Taylor & Francis

Human Rights in the AmericasAuthor(s): Mara Herrera-Sobek, Francisco Lomel, Luz Anglica Kirschner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367636920, 978-0367636920\nSynopsis\nThis interdisciplinary book explores human rights in the Americas from multiple perspectives and fields. Taking 1492 as a point of departure, the text explores Eurocentric historiographies of human rights and offer a more complete understanding of the genealogy of the human rights discourse and its many manifestations in the Americas. \n\nThe essays use a variety of approaches to reveal the larger contexts from which they emerge, providing a cross-sectional view of subjects, countries, methodologies and foci explicitly dedicated toward understanding historical factors and circumstances that have shaped human rights nationally and internationally within the Americas. The chapters explore diverse cultural, philosophical, political and literary expre.