UID:
almahu_9949546436902882
Umfang:
1 online resource (156 p.)
ISBN:
9780520976689
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9783110993899
Serie:
American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present ; 15
Inhalt:
This incisive study reveals the fundamental, paradoxical weakness of colonialism and the enduring power of anticolonial resistance. Resistance is everywhere, but everywhere a surprise, especially when the agents of struggle are the colonized, the enslaved, the wretched of the earth. Anticolonial revolts and slave rebellions have often been described by those in power as "eruptions"-volcanic shocks to a system that does not, cannot, see them coming. In Anticolonial Eruptions Geo Maher diagnoses a paradoxical weakness built right into the foundations of white supremacist power, a colonial blind spot that grows as domination seems more complete. Anticolonial Eruptions argues that the colonizer's weakness is rooted in dehumanization. When the oppressed and excluded rise up in explosive rebellion, with the very human demands for life and liberation, the powerful are ill-prepared. This colonial blind spot is, ironically, self-imposed: the more oppressive and expansive the colonial power, the lesser-than-human the colonized are believed to be, the greater the opportunity for resistance. Maher calls this paradox the cunning of decolonization, an unwitting reversal of the balance of power between the oppressor and the oppressed. Where colonial power asserts itself as unshakable, total, and perpetual, a blind spot provides strategic cover for revolutionary possibility; where race or gender make the colonized invisible, they organize, unseen. Anticolonial Eruptions shows that this fundamental weakness of colonialism is not a bug, but a permanent feature of the system, providing grounds for optimism in a contemporary moment roiled by global struggles for liberation.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Overview --
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Volcanoes --
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1. The Cunning of Decolonization --
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2. The Colonial Blindspot --
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3. The Second Sight of the Colonized --
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4. The Decolonial Ambush --
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Moles --
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Acknowledgments --
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Notes --
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Glossary --
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Selected Bibliography --
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American studies now: Critical histories of the present
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
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EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993752
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EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110993738
In:
University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766493
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520379367
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1525/9780520976689
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520976689?locatt=mode:legacy
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780520976689
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520976689?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780520976689
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