University/Organization
Department of French
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Department of French
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Title
Channeling the Past: Haunting, Affect, and the Spectral Encounter in Postcolonial Theory
Synopsis
This paper examines the use of affect and haunting in postcolonial theory. I discuss how postcolonial theory employs the trope of haunting as a form of historical recovery. The paper examines various instances of haunting as an affective mode from which theories of resistance emerge. I examine how this popular trope might be seen as problematic in its turn to anxiety and victimization. What are the implications of a turn to such affective realms of memory today?