Trancing Terror: African American Uses of Time to Trick the Evil Eye of Whiteness

This essay engages the ideas of historian of religions Charles Long to examine the significance of African American work with creative uses of time and timing as a survival tactic inside the regimes of enslavement and racialization. The modern form of domination that has taken shape in the history o...

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Main Author: Perkinson, James W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2003
In: Nova religio
Year: 2003, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 60-75
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Summary:This essay engages the ideas of historian of religions Charles Long to examine the significance of African American work with creative uses of time and timing as a survival tactic inside the regimes of enslavement and racialization. The modern form of domination that has taken shape in the history of European colonization and imperial aggression has clearly elevated the disciplines and technologies of the eye as its modus operandi - nowhere more evident than in the emergence of racialization schemes as the primary form of social shorthand governing the on-going project of accumulation and control. The struggles of African heritage peoples in the
ISSN:1541-8480
Contains:Enthalten in: Nova religio
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1525/nr.2003.7.1.60