Wendy Knepper
Biographic Data
| ID | 81340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wendy Knepper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wendy |
| FAMILY NAME | Knepper |
| SIGNATURE | KNEPPER W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brunel University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8729-3800 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The New Puritan Generation
Literary manifestos are typically associated with avant-garde experimentation and aesthetic liberties, even revolutionary fervour, but the New Puritans’ new-millennial manifesto seemed to thwart su
Voicetracks
Cataclysmic life in Wilson Harris'sJonestown
This article examines Wilson Harris's multifaceted account of terror in Jonestown (1996), arguing that the novel's planetary representation of life in the face of terror and catastrophe proves vital to its critique of dominant conceptions of political life in a globalizing world. Through the post-traumatic mapping of Jonestown, Harris opens up a wide-ranging critique of terror in Guyana and other parts of the world. Representations of broken bodi…
Revisionary "-scapes" of globality in the work of Wilson Harris
Throughout a literary career spanning more than 50 years (2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Palace of the Peacock), the Guyanese novelist Wilson Harris has maintained a reputat
In/justice and necro-natality in Edwidge Danticat’s Brother, I’m Dying
IIn a post-9/11 world, theorists such as Judith Butler and Giorgio Agamben argue for the need to reframe politics and justice through a critique of the exclusions, exceptions, and threshold conditions that render life vulnerable or precarious. Edwidge Danticat’s Brother, I’m Dying contributes to this wider discourse about justice through her account of Joseph Dantica’s flight from violence in Haiti and untimely death as an asylum seeker in the Un…
Men in African Film and Fiction
Colonization, Creolization, and Globalization
Research Article| October 01 2006 Colonization, Creolization, and Globalization: The Art and Ruses of Bricolage Wendy Knepper Wendy Knepper Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Small Axe (2006) 10 (3): 70–86. https://doi.org/10.1215/-10-3-70 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite…
Colonization, Creolization, and Globalization
Research Article| October 01 2006 Colonization, Creolization, and Globalization: The Art and Ruses of Bricolage Wendy Knepper Wendy Knepper Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Small Axe (2006) 10 (3): 70–86. https://doi.org/10.1215/-10-3-70 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite…
In/justice and necro-natality in Edwidge Danticat’s Brother, I’m Dying
IIn a post-9/11 world, theorists such as Judith Butler and Giorgio Agamben argue for the need to reframe politics and justice through a critique of the exclusions, exceptions, and threshold conditions that render life vulnerable or precarious. Edwidge Danticat’s Brother, I’m Dying contributes to this wider discourse about justice through her account of Joseph Dantica’s flight from violence in Haiti and untimely death as an asylum seeker in the Un…
Cataclysmic life in Wilson Harris'sJonestown
This article examines Wilson Harris's multifaceted account of terror in Jonestown (1996), arguing that the novel's planetary representation of life in the face of terror and catastrophe proves vital to its critique of dominant conceptions of political life in a globalizing world. Through the post-traumatic mapping of Jonestown, Harris opens up a wide-ranging critique of terror in Guyana and other parts of the world. Representations of broken bodi…
Colonization, Creolization, and Globalization
Research Article| October 01 2006 Colonization, Creolization, and Globalization: The Art and Ruses of Bricolage Wendy Knepper Wendy Knepper Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Small Axe (2006) 10 (3): 70–86. https://doi.org/10.1215/-10-3-70 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite…
Men in African Film and Fiction
In/justice and necro-natality in Edwidge Danticat’s Brother, I’m Dying
IIn a post-9/11 world, theorists such as Judith Butler and Giorgio Agamben argue for the need to reframe politics and justice through a critique of the exclusions, exceptions, and threshold conditions that render life vulnerable or precarious. Edwidge Danticat’s Brother, I’m Dying contributes to this wider discourse about justice through her account of Joseph Dantica’s flight from violence in Haiti and untimely death as an asylum seeker in the Un…
Voicetracks
Cataclysmic life in Wilson Harris'sJonestown
This article examines Wilson Harris's multifaceted account of terror in Jonestown (1996), arguing that the novel's planetary representation of life in the face of terror and catastrophe proves vital to its critique of dominant conceptions of political life in a globalizing world. Through the post-traumatic mapping of Jonestown, Harris opens up a wide-ranging critique of terror in Guyana and other parts of the world. Representations of broken bodi…
Revisionary "-scapes" of globality in the work of Wilson Harris
Throughout a literary career spanning more than 50 years (2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Palace of the Peacock), the Guyanese novelist Wilson Harris has maintained a reputat
The New Puritan Generation
Literary manifestos are typically associated with avant-garde experimentation and aesthetic liberties, even revolutionary fervour, but the New Puritans’ new-millennial manifesto seemed to thwart su
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)