Marronnons Let's Maroon
Sylvia Wynter's "Black Metamorphosis" As a Species of Maroonage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4195574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Greg Thomas (0000-0001-8887-5626, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 62-78 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1534-6714 • E-ISSN: 0799-0537 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/07990537-3481546 |
| OpenAlex | W2278351540 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 10 |
This essay reads Sylvia Wynter's "Black Metamorphosis" as a text that both examines and embodies maroonage, significantly, in various ways and on various levels. It takes off from Aimé Césaire's underacknowledged imperative, "Marronnons-nous," recognizing and demonstrating the import of Césaire's work for Wynter's own work over time. The argument is that "Black Metamorphosis" makes a contribution to the study of maroonage narrowly construed, while also transcending the ironically narrow conception of maroonage as a bound empirical reference. The manuscript speaks of "species of maroonage" and represents one such species itself as an epic political project of African/diasporic resistance anchored all across the Americas
Argument (complex analysis · Art · Biology · EPIC · Humanities · Literature · Maroon · Metamorphosis · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,92 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |