Sensing Decolonial Aesthetics in Latin American Arts.

• Author: Moral, Patricia

Ramos, Juan G. Sensing Decolonial Aesthetics in Latin American Arts. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2018.

In Sensing Decolonial Aesthetics in Latin American Arts, Juan C. Ramos, an associate professor of Spanish at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, redefines the concept of Latin American Art by inviting his readers to sense it by exploring the intersections of literary, sonic, and visual arts in the region. Ramos, who teaches a variety of courses on Latin American literature, especially on the interconnection of poetry, music, and film, places special emphasis on the case studies of Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Cuba.

Ramos utilizes the term "decolonial" and the concept of "decoloniaity" as employed by scholars such as Walter Mignolo. He also builds upon Jacques Ranciere's aesthetics theory, which rethinks the relationship between art and...