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Slavery

Magic is real — The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier

I forgot I had to do a blog post… Sorry! The Kingdom of This World is an interesting novel, and I’m still in the midst of digesting it and trying to get into the “magical realism” of the story. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb4-2013 | Tagged with Carpentier, Citadelle, Confusion, Haiti, history, Kingdom of This World, literature, Magical Realism, Questions, Revolution, Sans Souci, Slavery

Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past

Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past

Video of lecture by Paul Krause for the “Remake/Remodel” theme (2013) and Repetition Compulsion Theme (2014).

Posted in guest, lecture, Remake/Remodel, Repetition Compulsion, video | Tagged with C18th, C19th, C20th, colonialism, Haiti, historiography, history, michel-rolph trouillot, postcolonialism, power, q, race, Slavery, Theory, Trouillot

Everyone’s disappearing… Take me too, maybe? –– The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Between trying to study for my mid-terms and trying to finish reading The Master and Margarita I have to admit I’ve become very confused; everything is just mixing together in this one big container labelled “brain”. And while this mixing is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb4-2013 | Tagged with Authority, Bulgakov, Freedom, Government, history, literature, Magic, Slavery, The Master and Margarita

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