colonialism

When the Migrants Come to Collect Their Due: On Suketu Mehta’s ‘This Land Is Our Land’

When the Migrants Come to Collect Their Due: On Suketu Mehta’s ‘This Land Is Our Land’

Suketu Mehta offers a powerful, angry, and brilliant defense of immigrant rights in This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto.

Mieke Eerkens ‘All Ships Follow Me’  Is a Harrowing Family Memoir Scarred by the Horrors of War

Mieke Eerkens ‘All Ships Follow Me’  Is a Harrowing Family Memoir Scarred by the Horrors of War

Against the backdrop of Dutch East Indies colonialism and Nazi sympathizers, two families come together amidst the ashes of World War II in Mieke Eerkens' moving family history, All Ships Follow Me.

Videos vs. Colonialism: The Cases of Rammstein and Hatari

Videos vs. Colonialism: The Cases of Rammstein and Hatari

Two recent videos from Rammstein and Hatari offer a study in contrasts and speak loudly to the challenges involved in authentically confronting colonialism through popular music.

Thinking on Dark Matter: ‘A Mind Spread Out on the Ground’

Thinking on Dark Matter: ‘A Mind Spread Out on the Ground’

In Alicia Elliott's essay collection about colonialism, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, she compares racism to the elusive role of dark matter in the universe.

‘Heaven and Hell’ Offers a Powerful Child’s-eye View of Japanese Colonialism

‘Heaven and Hell’ Offers a Powerful Child’s-eye View of Japanese Colonialism

Japanese poet Toriko Takarabe grew up in Japanese-occupied Manchuria and lived to tell the harrowing tale.

Fracturing to Survive: Tanya Tagaq’s ‘Split Tooth’

Fracturing to Survive: Tanya Tagaq’s ‘Split Tooth’

Inuk musician/writer Tanya Tagaq’s first novel, Split Tooth, tells a magical, fucked-up story about teenage girls’ adolescence in the Arctic.

At the Crossroads of Pity and Revolt: Intensity and Time in Lino Brocka’s ‘Manila in the Claws of Light’

At the Crossroads of Pity and Revolt: Intensity and Time in Lino Brocka’s ‘Manila in the Claws of Light’

Lino Brocka's Manila in the Claws of Light seethes with rage against colonial oppression without ever becoming overt agitprop.

Oh, Canada! (in Ass-kicking Comics)

​​’The Crown’ Gives Insight Into Our 20th Century Sins

​​’The Crown’ Gives Insight Into Our 20th Century Sins

For reasons as much aesthetic as intellectual, The Crown can proudly take its place among the highlights of TV’s current golden age.

The Paradox of Sight in the Films of Jean Rouch and Robert Drew

The Paradox of Sight in the Films of Jean Rouch and Robert Drew

With all of their differences, the insistence that we are moved is integral to the cinematic enterprises of both Jean Rouch and Robert Drew.

The Classic Shanghai Divas and the Unintended Exoticism of the Taiwanese Bootleg

The Classic Shanghai Divas and the Unintended Exoticism of the Taiwanese Bootleg

What does the record collector collect when the desired product is too expensive? Perhaps a bootlegged version shunned by the fussy connoisseur.