The visible nature of global colonialism took center stage recently with the coronation of King Charles III in England. The monarch himself and his heir apparent espouse a discourse of limited monarchy with postcolonialist undertones, but the residue of colonialism continues to shape contemporary life for billions of people who suffer the effects of systemic inequity within deeply divisive societies that have yet to implement truly decolonialist strategies to affect true and lasting change. The challenges of the visual legacies of colonialism remain paramount in the fields of Latin American and Latinx art history and visual culture analysis. Many of the scholars, artists, and objects featured in Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture confront these challenges overtly, from the journal’s editor Charlene Villaseñor Black to contributors in scholarly essays, Dialogues entries, and book reviews. Other people and topics are indirectly infused with colonialism’s enduring legacy.
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