Political life in the wake of the plantation : sovereignty, witnessing, repair / Deborah A. Thomas.

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"Political life in the wake of the plantation bears witness to the affective dimensions of post-plantation sovereignty at three moments in Jamaican history, culminating in the army invasion of the Tivoli Garden housing complex in 2010. Deborah Thomas, who has also produced a film interviewing witnes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Deborah A., 1966- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Jamaica > Politics and government > 1962-
Social justice > Jamaica > History.
Jamaica > History > 1962-
Political violence > Jamaica > History.
Rastafari movement > Jamaica.
Civil rights > Jamaica > History.
Sovereignty.
RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal.
Civil rights.
Political violence.
Politics and government.
Rastafari movement.
Social justice.
Jamaica.
Since 1962
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xv, 301 pages, 46 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Doubt
  • Interlude I: Interrogating imperialism
  • Expectancy
  • Interlude II: Naming names
  • Paranoia
  • Coda: The end of the world as we know it.