Political Life in the Wake of the Plantation: Sovereignty,

Political Life in the Wake of the Plantation: Sovereignty, Witnessing, Repair

In 2010, Jamaican police and military forces entered the West Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens to apprehend Christopher â€œDudusâ€ Coke, who had been ordered for extradition to the United States on gun and drug-running charges. By the time Coke was detained, somewhere between seventy-five and two hundred civilians had been killed. In Political Life in the Wake of the Plantation, Deborah A. Thomas uses the incursion as a point of departure for theorizing the roots of contemporary state violence in Jamaica and in post-plantation societies in general. Drawing on visual, oral historical, and colonial archives, Thomas traces the long-term legacies of the plantation system and how its governing logics continue to shape and replicate forms of violence. She places affect at the center of sovereignty to destabilize disembodied narratives of liberalism and progress and to raise questions about recognition, repair, and accountability. In tying theories of politics, colonialism, race, and affect together with Jamaica's history, Thomas presents a robust framework for understanding what it means to be human in the plantation's wake.
Country USA
Brand Duke University Press Books
Manufacturer Duke University Press Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781478006695
ReleaseDate 2019-11-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781478006695

Political Life in the Wake of the Plantation: Sovereignty, Witnessing, Repair