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Clyde Woods, Development Arrested: the Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta
Selected by Zachary Spicer '22
Selected by Zachary Spicer '22
Development Arrested was one of the first texts I read that posited Black geographies as a legitimate field of study; Woods’ contribution to the theory of the plantation as a set of structures, not just a physical complex, resonated with me immediately, not to mention the way he centers music and artistic production as a site of both resistance and life. I began to see how understanding racial capitalism is only an introduction to imagining capitalism’s inevitable end; Black geographies fill in the gaps of racial capitalism, demonstrating how solidarity and care have been centered in Black communities for centuries.
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Zachary Spicer '22