Imperial Debris by Ann Laura Stoler
Imperial Debris redirects scholarly focus away from ruins as evidence of the past to "ruination" as the processes through which imperial power occupies the environment, and bodies and minds, in the present.
"Imperial Debris questions some of our deepest assumptions about violence and its residuesThis astute, wide-ranging, and ambitious volume refocuses our attention on the incremental processes of ruination that are typically overlooked in favor of official ruins. The result is a major intervention in postcolonial and visual studies."—Rob Nixon, author of Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
"Barely controlled rage is never far offstage as we are drawn into the continuing drama of empire's ruins—scarred landscapes, polluted places, shattered peoples, and the rot that remains. From sadistic torture and ruination of bodies and souls in the (Belgian) Congo to the lives of Sri Lankan 'coolie' estate workers analyzed in epic poetry, from the state’s attempt to patrimonialize impoverished citizens in contemporary Bahia to Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes and spirits in Gaza, this book forces a new, critical gaze on the ways that colonialism lives on in the present."—Richard Price, author of The Convict and the Colonel, Travels with Tooy, and Rainforest Warriors
“The contributors analyze enduring ‘rot’ and ‘debris’ in a variety of global settings . . . . Highly recommended. University collections, all levels.” -- P. C. Naylor * Choice *
“This rich volume provides valuable material for reflection by readers concerned with the effects of colonialism, with the ruination not only of buildings but of social relations and social groups. . . . It includes several rich interventions from which historians and others can benefit greatly.” -- Rashid Khalidi * American Historical Review *
“This is a book of weight and consequence. . . . Stoler has curated as much as edited a volume that, writing against a certain silencing of the present, examines ruination as an ongoing process in the aftermath of empire.” -- Richard Pithouse * Canadian Journal of History *
"Critical, theoretically sophisticated, and full of fascinating scholarship. . . . This is a weighty and important volume . . . which will leave its trace in American Studies, postcolonial studies, heritage studies, and the ecological humanities." -- Gesa Mackenthun * Amerikastudien *
"Barely controlled rage is never far offstage as we are drawn into the continuing drama of empire's ruins—scarred landscapes, polluted places, shattered peoples, and the rot that remains. From sadistic torture and ruination of bodies and souls in the (Belgian) Congo to the lives of Sri Lankan 'coolie' estate workers analyzed in epic poetry, from the state’s attempt to patrimonialize impoverished citizens in contemporary Bahia to Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes and spirits in Gaza, this book forces a new, critical gaze on the ways that colonialism lives on in the present."—Richard Price, author of The Convict and the Colonel, Travels with Tooy, and Rainforest Warriors
“The contributors analyze enduring ‘rot’ and ‘debris’ in a variety of global settings . . . . Highly recommended. University collections, all levels.” -- P. C. Naylor * Choice *
“This rich volume provides valuable material for reflection by readers concerned with the effects of colonialism, with the ruination not only of buildings but of social relations and social groups. . . . It includes several rich interventions from which historians and others can benefit greatly.” -- Rashid Khalidi * American Historical Review *
“This is a book of weight and consequence. . . . Stoler has curated as much as edited a volume that, writing against a certain silencing of the present, examines ruination as an ongoing process in the aftermath of empire.” -- Richard Pithouse * Canadian Journal of History *
"Critical, theoretically sophisticated, and full of fascinating scholarship. . . . This is a weighty and important volume . . . which will leave its trace in American Studies, postcolonial studies, heritage studies, and the ecological humanities." -- Gesa Mackenthun * Amerikastudien *
Ann Laura Stoler is the Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies at the New School for Social Research. She is the author of Along the Archival Grain: Epistemic Anxieties and Colonial Common Sense and Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule. Her books Race and the Education of Desire: Foucault’s History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things and Haunted by Empire: Geographies of Intimacy in North American History are both also published by Duke University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822353614 |
| ISBN 10 | 082235361X |
| Title | Imperial Debris |
| Author | Ann Laura Stoler |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 2013-05-10 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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