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August 13, 2026Review of International StudiesOpen Access

Towards critical literacies of the flesh: Disclosing and refusing colonial disposability

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This article examines colonial disposability's ongoing harms, revealing its impact on enslaved Africans and contemporary society.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore the concept of colonial disposability and its effects on populations, particularly through the lens of flesh in contrast to body.
  • Theoretical analysis drawing on Hortense Spillers' distinction between body and flesh.
  • Examination of dynamics between discourse and materiality regarding colonial experiences.
  • Analysis of the impacts of racialisation and sociality on the lived experiences of enslaved Africans.
  • Highlights the complex fungibility imposed on enslaved Africans.
  • Discusses the de/valuation through racialisation and its legitimization.
  • Explores how the flesh refuses the colonial modern order through alternative forms of living.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d76172b0e0cff3f63f289https://doi.org/10.1017/s0260210526102071
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