{"product_id":"colonial-slavery-an-abridged-translation-paperback","title":"Colonial Slavery: An Abridged Translation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacob Gorender\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBernd Reiter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlejandro Reyes\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Gorender's (1922-2013) 1978 book, \u003cem\u003eColonial Slavery \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eO Escravismo Colonial\u003c\/em\u003e), comes alive for English-language readers thanks to Bernd Reiter and Alejandro Reyes' brilliant translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacob Gorender\u003c\/strong\u003e was born on January 20, 1923, in Salvador, Brazil. He studied at the Brazilian Israeli School, at the Bahia High School, and enrolled in the Law School in Salvador. He interrupted his legal studies to join the fight against Fascism in Italy during WWII. In April 1968, he cofounded the Brazilian Revolutionary Communist Party (Partido Comunista Brasileiro Revolucionário - PCBR). In 1970, he was imprisoned and tortured. He began writing \u003cem\u003eColonial Slavery\u003c\/em\u003e in 1974 and finished in 1976. It was published by Ática in 1978 and was quickly sold out. In Brazil, the book is in its 6th edition (2010). In 1994, Gorender received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Bahia. From 1994 to 1996, he served as visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies of the University of São Paulo (USP). In 1996, he received the title of specialist of Notorious Knowledge from the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters, and Human Sciences at USP. He died June 11, 2013 at the age of 90.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernd Reiter is Professor of Classical and Modern Languages and Literature at Texas Tech University, and the editor of Routledge's Decolonizing the Classics book series. Prior to joining academia, he worked as a social worker and NGO consultant in Brazil and in Colombia. He earned his PhD in comparative politics from the City University of New York's Graduate Center and has been a visiting scholar in Germany, Brazil, Colombia, and Spain. He is recipient of the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Public Policy, Brazil 2021-2022 award. Reiter's work focuses on race, democracy, citizenship, and decolonization. His publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Dialectics of Citizenship\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), \u003cem\u003eBridging Scholarship and Activism\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eThe Crisis of Liberal Democracy and the Path Ahead\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), and \u003cem\u003eConstructing the Pluriverse\u003c\/em\u003e (2018). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlejandro Reyes is a writer, translator, activist, and independent journalist. He was born in Mexico City in 1963 and has lived in the United States, Brazil, and France. He has an MA in Latin American Studies and a PhD in Latin American Literature from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a public speaker, with conferences on marginal literature and social movements in Mexico and Brazil. He is cofounder of the alternative media collective Radio Zapatista. He currently lives in Chiapas, Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67955358236824,"sku":"9780367434243","price":102.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/qfeHFu7LHD9780367434243.webp?v=1794235882","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/colonial-slavery-an-abridged-translation-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}