Doris L Garraway
Biographic Data
| ID | 3922346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Doris L Garraway |
| GIVEN NAMES | Doris L |
| FAMILY NAME | Garraway |
| SIGNATURE | GARRAWAY D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Raising the living dead in postrevolutionary Haiti: Glory, salvation, and theopolitical sovereignty in the kingdom of Henry Christophe
This essay deploys the notion of the political zombie as a lens through which to examine the symbolic, metaphysical, and spectacular dimensions of the Haitian kingdom of Henry Christophe. I argue that divine-right monarchy provided a political theology through which to dignify the contradictions of what I call "abolitionist sovereignty": that is, the virtual re-enslavement of the people on the part of the state in the interests of preserving terr…
Chapter Three. Creolization and the Spirit World: Demons, Violence, and the Body
Black Athena in Haiti: Universal History, Colonization, and the African Origins of Civilization in Postrevolutionary Haitian Writing
Empire of Freedom, Kingdom of Civilization: Henry Christophe, the Baron de Vastey, and the Paradoxes of Universalism in Postrevolutionary Haiti
This study proposes a new interpretation of the Haitian Revolution and its aftermath by examining the ideological foundations for the emergence of the first monarchy in the postcolonial Atlantic world. The discourse of freedom and the practice of authoritarianism in the Haitian Revolution, which was followed by Jean-Jacques Dessalines's establishment of an “empire” and the kingdom of Henry Christophe, show the profound antinomies of the discourse…
Memory as reparation? The politics of remembering slavery in France from abolition to the Loi Taubira (2001)
This article charts the parallel evolution of the memory of slavery and the political status of French people from the vieilles colonies in relation to the problem of justice and reparation in a post-slavery society. By examining legal texts and political discourse produced at three critical junctures in the history of France's overseas departments: the 1848 abolition, the 1946 law of departmentalization and the 1998 national commemoration of the…
The Libertine Colony: Creolization in the Early French Caribbean
The Libertine Colony: Creolization in the Early French Caribbean
Memory as reparation? The politics of remembering slavery in France from abolition to the Loi Taubira (2001)
This article charts the parallel evolution of the memory of slavery and the political status of French people from the vieilles colonies in relation to the problem of justice and reparation in a post-slavery society. By examining legal texts and political discourse produced at three critical junctures in the history of France's overseas departments: the 1848 abolition, the 1946 law of departmentalization and the 1998 national commemoration of the…
Empire of Freedom, Kingdom of Civilization: Henry Christophe, the Baron de Vastey, and the Paradoxes of Universalism in Postrevolutionary Haiti
This study proposes a new interpretation of the Haitian Revolution and its aftermath by examining the ideological foundations for the emergence of the first monarchy in the postcolonial Atlantic world. The discourse of freedom and the practice of authoritarianism in the Haitian Revolution, which was followed by Jean-Jacques Dessalines's establishment of an “empire” and the kingdom of Henry Christophe, show the profound antinomies of the discourse…
The Libertine Colony: Creolization in the Early French Caribbean
Memory as reparation? The politics of remembering slavery in France from abolition to the Loi Taubira (2001)
This article charts the parallel evolution of the memory of slavery and the political status of French people from the vieilles colonies in relation to the problem of justice and reparation in a post-slavery society. By examining legal texts and political discourse produced at three critical junctures in the history of France's overseas departments: the 1848 abolition, the 1946 law of departmentalization and the 1998 national commemoration of the…
Empire of Freedom, Kingdom of Civilization: Henry Christophe, the Baron de Vastey, and the Paradoxes of Universalism in Postrevolutionary Haiti
This study proposes a new interpretation of the Haitian Revolution and its aftermath by examining the ideological foundations for the emergence of the first monarchy in the postcolonial Atlantic world. The discourse of freedom and the practice of authoritarianism in the Haitian Revolution, which was followed by Jean-Jacques Dessalines's establishment of an “empire” and the kingdom of Henry Christophe, show the profound antinomies of the discourse…
Black Athena in Haiti: Universal History, Colonization, and the African Origins of Civilization in Postrevolutionary Haitian Writing
Chapter Three. Creolization and the Spirit World: Demons, Violence, and the Body
Raising the living dead in postrevolutionary Haiti: Glory, salvation, and theopolitical sovereignty in the kingdom of Henry Christophe
This essay deploys the notion of the political zombie as a lens through which to examine the symbolic, metaphysical, and spectacular dimensions of the Haitian kingdom of Henry Christophe. I argue that divine-right monarchy provided a political theology through which to dignify the contradictions of what I call "abolitionist sovereignty": that is, the virtual re-enslavement of the people on the part of the state in the interests of preserving terr…
Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (5 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (4 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)