JOURNAL ARTICLE

TEMPORAL TAMPERING AND "THE CASE FOR REPARATIONS".

Published In: Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 2023, v. 26, n. 4. P. 31 1 of 3
Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3
Authored By: BOGE, ANDREW PARAYIL 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay examines Ta-Nehisi Coates's article "The Case for Reparations" to illuminate how he uses inventive temporal strategies to transform the grounds of the reparations debate. I argue, Coates engages in a process of temporal tampering that involves meddling with dominant temporal structures (conceptions of time that serve white supremacy) to accommodate the excessiveness of anti-Black violence. Through tactics of timeline jumping and a rhetoric of repair, Coates draws on articulations of time as a resource to sabotage anti-reparations temporalities. Instead of approaching the reparations debate through stale discursive entry points, such as financial logistics, I reveal how Coates draws upon conceptions of time to reposition reparations as a mode of worldbuilding and social transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

Source:Rhetoric & Public Affairs. 2023/12, Vol. 26, Issue 4, p31
Document Type:Article
Subject Area:Literature and Writing
Publication Date:2023
ISSN:1094-8392
DOI:10.14321/rhetpublaffa.26.4.0031
Accession Number:179727948
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