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020			_z9781478091042
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035			_a(OCoLC)1103686604
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
100	1		_aSingh, Julietta, _d1976- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aUnthinking Mastery : _bDehumanism and Decolonial Entanglements / _cJulietta Singh.
264		1	_aDurham : _bDuke University Press, _c2018.
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2019
264		4	_c©2018.
300			_a1 online resource (213 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntroduction: reading against mastery -- Decolonizing mastery -- The language of mastery -- Posthumanitarian fictions -- Humanimal dispossessions -- Cultivating discomfort -- Coda: surviving mastery.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aChallenges a core, fraught dimension of geopolitical, cultural, and scholarly endeavor: the drive toward mastery over the self and others. Drawing on postcolonial theory, queer theory, new materialism, and animal studies, the author traces how pervasive the concept of mastery has been to modern politics and anticolonial movements. The author juxtaposes destructive uses of mastery, such as the colonial domination of bodies, against more laudable forms, such as intellectual and linguistic mastery, to underscore how the concept -- regardless of its use -- is rooted in histories of violence and the wielding of power. For anticolonial thinkers like Fanon and Gandhi, forms of bodily mastery were considered to be the key to a decolonial future. Yet as the author demonstrates, their advocacy for mastery unintentionally reinforced colonial logics. In readings of postcolonial literature by J.M. Coetzee, Mahasweta Devi, Indra Sinha, and Jamaica Kincaid, the author suggests that only by moving beyond the compulsive desire to become masterful human subjects can we disentangle ourselves from the legacies of violence and fantasies of invulnerability that lead us to hurt other humans, animals, and the environment.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	7	_aSinha, Indra. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00068204
600	0	7	_aMahāśvetā Debī, _d1926-2016. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00081355
600	1	7	_aKincaid, Jamaica. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00116264
600	1	7	_aCoetzee, J. M., _d1940- _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00117350
600	1	0	_aKincaid, Jamaica _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	0	_aSinha, Indra _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	0	0	_aMahāśvetā Debī, _d1926-2016 _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	0	_aCoetzee, J. M., _d1940- _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		7	_aPostkoloniale Literatur _2gnd
650		7	_aLiteraturtheorie _2gnd
650		7	_aHerrschaft _gMotiv _2gnd
650		7	_aPower (Social sciences) in literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01074235
650		7	_aPostcolonialism in literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01073035
650		7	_aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY _xLiterary. _2bisacsh
650		6	_aPouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la litterature.
650		6	_aPostcolonialisme dans la litterature.
650		0	_aPower (Social sciences) in literature.
650		0	_aPostcolonialism in literature.
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/64085/
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