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The Morphology of Marronage

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  • Willie Jamaal Wright

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A number of texts have addressed desires for and iterations of freedom throughout the Black diaspora. Although conceptualizations of freedom are often employed and interrogated in critical scholarship, less attention is given to the landscapes onto which politics are performed. This article draws from scholarship in Black and Ethnic Studies along with Geography to argue that the ability of select fugitive groups to obtain forms of spatial autonomy is reliant on their ability to seek, find, and settle within difficult and seemingly uninhabitable landscapes. Using marronage as a conceptual tool, I posit that quests for freedom through fugitivity have often relied on the topographic and geomorphologic traits of natural environments. To illustrate marronage as a landscape of political possibility, I close with examples from the United States, Mexico, and Vietnam to demonstrate how across time and space, devalued landscapes have serviced subterfuge and provided sustenance for long-suffering communities. Key Words: geomorphology, landscape, marronage, uneven geographical development, value.

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  • Willie Jamaal Wright, 2020. "The Morphology of Marronage," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 110(4), pages 1134-1149, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:raagxx:v:110:y:2020:i:4:p:1134-1149
    DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2019.1664890
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    1. Ihnji Jon, 2024. "Reassembling the politics of “Green†urban redevelopment in East Garfield Park: A Polanyian approach," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 56(4), pages 1005-1023, June.
    2. Rachel Goffe & Nikki Luke, 2024. "What does capital consume? Racial capitalism and the social reproduction of surplus people," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 56(4), pages 1311-1319, June.
    3. Mikael Omstedt & Nina Ebner, 2024. "Introduction: Uneven development and social difference in capitalism," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 56(4), pages 1298-1303, June.
    4. Nina Ebner, 2023. "A borderland analytic: Thinking uneven development from the U.S.–Mexico borderlands," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 55(4), pages 1080-1088, June.

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