Amerindian Perspectivism and Non-Human Rights

Idelber Avelar (B.A. Federal University of Minas Gerais, Ph.D Duke University) is professor in Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Tulane University. He specializes in contemporary Latin American fiction, literary theory and Cultural Studies. He has published over 40 articles on Latin American literature, culture and music in scholarly journals in Europe and the Americas. He recently won the Brazilian Foreign Ministry essay contest on Machado de Assis.