What the World Might Look Like
Decolonial Stories of Resilience and Refusal
- Paperback
342 pages
- Release Date
17 April 2024
Summary
The idea of resilience is everywhere these days, offering a framework for thriving in volatile times. Dominant resilience stories share an attachment to a mythologized past thought to hold clues for navigating a future that is understood to be full of danger. These stories also uphold values of settler colonialism and white supremacy.
What the World Might Look Like examines the way resilience thinking has come to dominate the settler-colonial imagination and explores alternat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780228021346 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0228021340 |
| Author: | Susie O’Brien |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Imprint: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 342 |
| Release Date: | 17 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“What the World Might Look Like constitutes a serious advance in our understanding of resilience as an organizing narrative in settler-colonial contexts and as a narrative form itself.” Jennifer Henderson, Carleton University
“O’Brien has written an important, fearless book that will spur the debate over what resilience means, or should mean, in settler-colonial society and beyond. What the World Might Look Like is an essential read for anyone interested in the political and cultural work of narratives.” Michael Basseler, Justus Liebig University Giessen
“This work will be a starting point for fruitful debate and a resource for work in cultural studies. Highly recommended.” Choice
About The Author
Susie O’Brien
Susie O’Brien is professor of English and cultural studies at McMaster University.
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