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Fear, Flight, and Freedom: On Anti-colonial Countermasteries and Ontological Insecurities
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In Unthinking Mastery Julietta Singh argues that anticolonial discourse hinges on the contradiction of both repudiating the “mastery” of colonialism and at the same time reproducing and advocating mastery towards anticolonial liberation. Through a close reading of Fanon, Singh demonstrates the ways in which he understood countermastery as the production of “new masterful subjects.” This paper deconstructs Fanon's countermastery through the lens of ontological insecurities to illuminate how it informs the production of contemporary decolonial discourse. This paper expands Fanon's conception of decolonial embodiment through proffering queer failure and queer of color disidentification as ways of etching towards decolonial queer-feminist praxis.
Key words: Coloniality, Ontology, Queer Studies, Feminist Thinking, Frantz Fanon.
En Des-pensando Maestría, Julietta Singh explica que existe una contradicción en el discurso anti-colonial que repudia “maestría” y al mismo tiempo que propone una “maestría” de liberación anticolonial. A partir de una lectura profunda de Fanón, Singh demuestra la forma en la cual la contramaestría produce “nuevos sujetos maestros.” Este articulo deconstruye la contramaestía de Fanón a partir de lentes de la inseguridad ontologica para iluminar las forma de producción de discurso decolonial contemporáneo. Este articulo intenta expandir la concepción Fanoniana de la corporalidad decolonial ofreciendo las concepciones de 'fracaso queer” y “desidentificación de color queer” para pensar la construcción de una praxis queer y feminista decolonial.
Key words: Colonialidad, Ontología, Estudios Queer, Pensamiento Feminista, Frantz Fanon.
Em Unthinking Mastery, Julietta Singh explica que há uma contradição no discurso anticolonial que repudia o “domínio” e, ao mesmo tempo, propõe um “domínio” da libertação anticolonial. A partir de uma leitura profunda de Fanon, Singh demonstra a maneira pela qual o contradomínio produz “novos sujeitos dominadores”. Este artigo desconstrói o contradomínio de Fanon através de lentes da insegurança ontológica para aclarar a forma de produção do discurso decolonial contemporâneo. Este artigo busca expandir a concepção de corporalidade decolonial de Fanon, oferecendo as concepções de “fracasso queer” e “desidentificação de cor queer” para pensar a construção de uma práxis queer e feminista decolonial.
Key words: Colonialidade, Ontologia, Estudos Queer, Pensamento Feminista, Frantz Fanon.
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