Special Issue of Social Text (33:4, 2015) on “The Question of Recovery: Slavery, Freedom, and the Archive,” including a roundtable on slavery, mapping, and the digital humanities. Guest edited by Laura Helton, Justin Leroy, Max A. Mishler, Samantha Seeley, and Shauna Sweeney
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Articles
Helton, Laura, Justin Leroy, Max A. Mishler, Samantha Seeley, and Shauna Sweeney. “The Question of Recovery An Introduction.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 1–18. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315766.
Childs, Greg L. “Secret and Spectral Torture and Secrecy in the Archives of Slave Conspiracies.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 35–57. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315886.
Rusert, Britt. “Disappointment in the Archives of Black Freedom.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 19–33. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315874.
Roundtable—Archives and Methods in the Study of Slavery and Freedom
“Editors’ Introduction.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 59–60. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315898.
Davis, Thulani. “Recovering Fugitive Freedoms.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 61–67. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315910.
Hodes, Martha. “Lincoln’s Black Mourners Submerged Voices, Everyday Life, and the Question of Storytelling.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 68–76. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315922.
Kazanjian, David. “Scenes of Speculation.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 77–84. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315778.
Articles
Lowe, Lisa. “History Hesitant.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 85–107. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315790.
Wong, Edlie L. “Storytelling and the Comparative Study of Atlantic Slavery and Freedom.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 109–30. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315802.
Roundtable—Cartographies of the Archive: Mapping and the Digital Humanities
“Editors’ Introduction.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 131–33. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315814.
Brown, Vincent. “Mapping a Slave Revolt Visualizing Spatial History through the Archives of Slavery.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 134–41. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315826.
Dillon, Elizabeth Maddock. “By Design Remapping the Colonial Archive.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 142–47. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315838.
Saunt, Claudio. “Mapping Space, Power, and Social Life.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 147–51. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315850.
Afterword
Morgan, Jennifer L. “Archives and Histories of Racial Capitalism: An Afterword.” Social Text 33, no. 4 125 (December 1, 2015): 153–61. doi:10.1215/01642472-3315862.
Find it here ($$): Table of Contents — December 2015, 33 (4 125)