{"product_id":"political-life-in-the-wake-deborah-a-thomas-9781478006695","title":"Political Life in the Wake of the Plantation: Sovereignty, Witnessing, Repair","description":"In 2010, Jamaican police and military forces entered the West Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens to apprehend Christopher \"Dudus\" Coke, who had been ordered for extradition to the United States on gun and drug-running charges. By the time Coke was detained, somewhere between seventy-five and two hundred civilians had been killed. In \u003ci\u003ePolitical Life in the Wake of the Plantation\u003c\/i\u003e, Deborah A. Thomas uses the incursion as a point of departure for theorizing the roots of contemporary state violence in Jamaica and in post-plantation societies in general. Drawing on visual, oral historical, and colonial archives, Thomas traces the long-term legacies of the plantation system and how its governing logics continue to shape and replicate forms of violence. She places affect at the center of sovereignty to destabilize disembodied narratives of liberalism and progress and to raise questions about recognition, repair, and accountability. In tying theories of politics, colonialism, race, and affect together with Jamaica's history, Thomas presents a robust framework for understanding what it means to be human in the plantation's wake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah A. Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478006692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478006695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2020","brand":"Deborah A. Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985717068031,"sku":"9781478006695","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cbc2110d-780c-47bd-a289-f4e02d47d70d.jpg?v=1683279151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/political-life-in-the-wake-deborah-a-thomas-9781478006695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}