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In 2003, the queer theorist and literary scholar Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick proposed not only criticizing systems of power, but also paying attention to how people create livable and even pleasurable lives under these systems. This “reparative” perspective has since had a far-reaching impact on queer, critical race and affect studies. It also resonates with the turn to ruins and ruination in Postcolonial Studies (Stoler), questions of ordinary survival in the midst of climate disasters (Tsing), and radical notions of refuge and fugitivity in the aftermath of transatlantic slavery (Moten). In this course, we will do close readings of some paradigmatic, theoretical and literary reparative texts. We will discuss everyday forms of repair and reparations, considering both political strategies and aesthetic expressions. Students should be willing to carefully read the course material and participate in writing exercises. |
