Resurrecting Slavery

This is a dissertation work on collective memory and commemorative activism. Although there are stretches of empirical research to wade through, it is fortunately also explicitly polemical. France is not unique as a country that refuses to acknowledge racial oppression (unless it's in America or unless it's ‘reverse racism') and it clings to revisionist denial even as people justify its history of racism. This project is the start of hopefully many works of critical race theory looking at France that will infuse understanding of the racial legacies of colonialism and transatlantic slavery, connect these legacies to present-day power relations, and inspire resisting and dissolving the racial status quo.

Appendix note: I appreciated enormously her thoughts on emotional labour and the importance of affect in knowledge production.