Susan E. Ramírez
Susan E. Ramírez | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Historian of Latin America |
Susan E. Ramírez is an American historian and the Neville G. Penrose chair emeritus of history and Latin American studies at Texas Christian University.[1][2] She has worked in academia for over thirty years, with a focus on colonialism in Latin America. In her 2022 publication, In Praise of the Ancestors, Ramírez makes a study of three native groups (the Kazembes , the Iroquois Confederation , and the Andeans), investigating the formation of historical consciousness and identity in pre-modern societies lacking written records.[3]
Selected Publications
- The World Upside Down: Cross-Cultural Contact and Conflict in Sixteenth-Century Peru (1996)[4]
- To Feed and Be Fed: The Cosmological Bases of Authority and Identity in the Andes (2005)[5]
- In Praise of the Ancestors: Names, Identity, and Memory in Africa and the Americas (2022)[2][3]
References
- ^ Tumin, Remy (23 November 2022). "A Stolen 1527 Record Signed by Cortés Will Be Returned to Mexico". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Susan Elizabeth Ramirez". University of Nebraska Press. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ a b Saghar, Amol. "In Praise of the Ancestors by Susan Elizabeth Ramirez (Book Review)". www.worldhistory.org. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ The World Upside Down | Stanford University Press. 1 September 1996. ISBN 978-0-8047-3520-9. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025.
- ^ OpenLibrary.org. "To feed and be fed by Susan E. Ramírez | Open Library". Open Library. Retrieved 14 May 2025.