Super Fly
François Makandal's Colonial Semiotics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3334784 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monique Allewaert (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 459-490 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Literature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9831 • E-ISSN: 1527-2117 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00029831-7722092 |
| OpenAlex | W2970235349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
In this article I collate vernacular and elite academic stories about François Makandal, focusing particularly on his production of fetishes, which I (following his usage) call macandal. I show that the codes at work in macandal artifacts involve a materialism and semiotics that together constitute a critical methodology. I then use the methodology at work in macandal artifacts to read one key piece of the archive pertaining to Makandal: his judge and executioner Sébastien-Jacques Courtin's Mémoire
Art · Art history · Epistemology · Key (lock · Linguistics · Literature · Materialism · Semiotics · Sociology · Vernacular · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Computer Science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |