본문

서브메뉴

Bountiful and Barren: Speculative (Re)Presentations of Racial Capitalism in the Middle Ages
Bountiful and Barren: Speculative (Re)Presentations of Racial Capitalism in the Middle Age...
Bountiful and Barren: Speculative (Re)Presentations of Racial Capitalism in the Middle Ages

상세정보

자료유형  
 학위논문 서양
최종처리일시  
20250211151954
ISBN  
9798383609569
DDC  
820
저자명  
Cheramie, Hillary.
서명/저자  
Bountiful and Barren: Speculative (Re)Presentations of Racial Capitalism in the Middle Ages
발행사항  
[Sl] : University of California, Davis, 2024
발행사항  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
형태사항  
163 p
주기사항  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-02, Section: A.
주기사항  
Advisor: Chaganti, Seeta.
학위논문주기  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2024.
초록/해제  
요약"Bountiful and Barren: Speculative (Re)presentations of Racial Capitalism in the Middle Ages" examines how compendia, maps, and travel narratives from the Middle Ages strategically utilize speculation in the construction of racialized geographies. I argue that racialized geographies were consistently conscripted with the opportunity for the extraction of material wealth, and that the epistemological stabilization of these speculations demonstrates that the origins of racial capitalism exist in a deeper timescale than is commonly acknowledged. The recent reinvestigation of postcolonialism by medieval studies has incited much-needed conversations about race across the field, but little attention has been given to how the material conditions of racialism have been continuous over time - and how economic theory can help us to better understand the emergence of global colonialism from the Middle Ages as well as the centrality of speculation in modern racial capitalism. My study engages Marxism to interrogate economic history and accumulation while interrogating why the terms of Marxism have been so difficult to translate to the preindustrial Middle Ages. I argue that speculative writing practices - in both the past and the present - have embedded fictitious perspectives into the power relations of extraction, accumulation, and subjugation that are the necessary conditions for racial capitalism to develop and spread. My research demonstrates that medieval compendia, maps, and travel narratives are racializing technologies used by Latin Christendom to speculate and foreclose the future of colonialism and racial capitalism. My analysis details how knowledge was constructed and negotiated in these genres, and how speculative realities were refracted onto the materially fraught ambitions of Latin Christendom. This project traces racialized geographical knowledge as it stabilizes from the thirteenth century to the twentieth, beginning with Brunetto Latini's Li Livres dou Tresor. The first chapter, "Brunetto Latini's Tresor: Investment strategies for deniers, precieuses pierres, and fin or" analyzes the tripartite division and description of the world and the imposed juxtaposition of barrenness and bounty that compels the reader toward a literal cash-grab - Latini frames his Tresor as valuable information that should be invested in efforts that would lead to the accumulation of material value and wealth for the European elite. This chapter offers a clear frame of world-building as part of a cycle of speculation, investment, and foreclosure that would become the driving force of colonialism in the Early Modern period. In the second chapter, "Mandeville's Racializing Prism: Race, Time, and Speculation in The Book of John Mandeville," I argue that The Book (re)presents Latini's world of barrenness and bounty through the voice of the would-be traveler persona John Mandeville. The shift in genre from compendia to travel narrative heightens the material stakes of world-building by explicitly inviting readers to be writers, learners to be educators, everyone to be investors in the future of the world of Latin Christendom driven by colonialism. Scholars have dismissed The Book as plagiarized or have held it up as an example of benign multiculturalism - I posit that The Book served as a prism that triangulates race, geography, and wealth and through which future travelers would filter their accounts and experiences. Finally, the third chapter, "The Realm of Prester John: The Lost Horizon," identifies the effect of Mandeville's racializing prism on Columbus's Letter and the Catalan Atlas. These texts confirm Mandeville's speculation that there is space for a vastly wealthy, Eurocentric hegemony on the horizon. 
일반주제명  
English literature
일반주제명  
Medieval literature
일반주제명  
Literature
일반주제명  
British & Irish literature
일반주제명  
Geography
키워드  
Compendia
키워드  
Postcolonial theory
키워드  
Racial capitalism
키워드  
Travel narratives
키워드  
Colonialism
기타저자  
University of California, Davis English
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-02A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.

MARC

 008250123s2024        us                              c    eng  d
■001000017162278
■00520250211151954
■006m          o    d                
■007cr#unu||||||||
■020    ▼a9798383609569
■035    ▼a(MiAaPQ)AAI31328921
■040    ▼aMiAaPQ▼cMiAaPQ
■0820  ▼a820
■1001  ▼aCheramie,  Hillary.
■24510▼aBountiful  and  Barren:  Speculative  (Re)Presentations  of  Racial  Capitalism  in  the  Middle  Ages
■260    ▼a[Sl]▼bUniversity  of  California,  Davis▼c2024
■260  1▼aAnn  Arbor▼bProQuest  Dissertations  &  Theses▼c2024
■300    ▼a163  p
■500    ▼aSource:  Dissertations  Abstracts  International,  Volume:  86-02,  Section:  A.
■500    ▼aAdvisor:  Chaganti,  Seeta.
■5021  ▼aThesis  (Ph.D.)--University  of  California,  Davis,  2024.
■520    ▼a"Bountiful  and  Barren:  Speculative  (Re)presentations  of  Racial  Capitalism  in  the  Middle  Ages"  examines  how  compendia,  maps,  and  travel  narratives  from  the  Middle  Ages  strategically  utilize  speculation  in  the  construction  of  racialized  geographies.  I  argue  that  racialized  geographies  were  consistently  conscripted  with  the  opportunity  for  the  extraction  of  material  wealth,  and  that  the  epistemological  stabilization  of  these  speculations  demonstrates  that  the  origins  of  racial  capitalism  exist  in  a  deeper  timescale  than  is  commonly  acknowledged.  The  recent  reinvestigation  of  postcolonialism  by  medieval  studies  has  incited  much-needed  conversations  about  race  across  the  field,  but  little  attention  has  been  given  to  how  the  material  conditions  of  racialism  have  been  continuous  over  time  -  and  how  economic  theory  can  help  us  to  better  understand  the  emergence  of  global  colonialism  from  the  Middle  Ages  as  well  as  the  centrality  of  speculation  in  modern  racial  capitalism.  My  study  engages  Marxism  to  interrogate  economic  history  and  accumulation  while  interrogating  why  the  terms  of  Marxism  have  been  so  difficult  to  translate  to  the  preindustrial  Middle  Ages.  I  argue  that  speculative  writing  practices  -  in  both  the  past  and  the  present  -  have  embedded  fictitious  perspectives  into  the  power  relations  of  extraction,  accumulation,  and  subjugation  that  are  the  necessary  conditions  for  racial  capitalism  to  develop  and  spread.  My  research  demonstrates  that  medieval  compendia,  maps,  and  travel  narratives  are  racializing  technologies  used  by  Latin  Christendom  to  speculate  and  foreclose  the  future  of  colonialism  and  racial  capitalism.  My  analysis  details  how  knowledge  was  constructed  and  negotiated  in  these  genres,  and  how  speculative  realities  were  refracted  onto  the  materially  fraught  ambitions  of  Latin  Christendom.  This  project  traces  racialized  geographical  knowledge  as  it  stabilizes  from  the  thirteenth  century  to  the  twentieth,  beginning  with  Brunetto  Latini's  Li  Livres  dou  Tresor.  The  first  chapter,  "Brunetto  Latini's  Tresor:  Investment  strategies  for  deniers,  precieuses  pierres,  and  fin  or"  analyzes  the  tripartite  division  and  description  of  the  world  and  the  imposed  juxtaposition  of  barrenness  and  bounty  that  compels  the  reader  toward  a  literal  cash-grab  -  Latini  frames  his  Tresor  as  valuable  information  that  should  be  invested  in  efforts  that  would  lead  to  the  accumulation  of  material  value  and  wealth  for  the  European  elite.  This  chapter  offers  a  clear  frame  of  world-building  as  part  of  a  cycle  of  speculation,  investment,  and  foreclosure  that  would  become  the  driving  force  of  colonialism  in  the  Early  Modern  period.  In  the  second  chapter,  "Mandeville's  Racializing  Prism:  Race,  Time,  and  Speculation  in  The  Book  of  John  Mandeville,"  I  argue  that  The  Book  (re)presents  Latini's  world  of  barrenness  and  bounty  through  the  voice  of  the  would-be  traveler  persona  John  Mandeville.  The  shift  in  genre  from  compendia  to  travel  narrative  heightens  the  material  stakes  of  world-building  by  explicitly  inviting  readers  to  be  writers,  learners  to  be  educators,  everyone  to  be  investors  in  the  future  of  the  world  of  Latin  Christendom  driven  by  colonialism.  Scholars  have  dismissed  The  Book  as  plagiarized  or  have  held  it  up  as  an  example  of  benign  multiculturalism  -  I  posit  that  The  Book  served  as  a  prism  that  triangulates  race,  geography,  and  wealth  and  through  which  future  travelers  would  filter  their  accounts  and  experiences.  Finally,  the  third  chapter,  "The  Realm  of  Prester  John:  The  Lost  Horizon,"  identifies  the  effect  of  Mandeville's  racializing  prism  on  Columbus's  Letter  and  the  Catalan  Atlas.  These  texts  confirm  Mandeville's  speculation  that  there  is  space  for  a  vastly  wealthy,  Eurocentric  hegemony  on  the  horizon. 
■590    ▼aSchool  code:  0029.
■650  4▼aEnglish  literature
■650  4▼aMedieval  literature
■650  4▼aLiterature
■650  4▼aBritish  &  Irish  literature
■650  4▼aGeography
■653    ▼aCompendia
■653    ▼aPostcolonial  theory
■653    ▼aRacial  capitalism
■653    ▼aTravel  narratives
■653    ▼aColonialism
■690    ▼a0593
■690    ▼a0297
■690    ▼a0401
■690    ▼a0366
■71020▼aUniversity  of  California,  Davis▼bEnglish.
■7730  ▼tDissertations  Abstracts  International▼g86-02A.
■790    ▼a0029
■791    ▼aPh.D.
■792    ▼a2024
■793    ▼aEnglish
■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17162278▼nKERIS▼z이  자료의  원문은  한국교육학술정보원에서  제공합니다.

미리보기

내보내기

chatGPT토론

Ai 추천 관련 도서


    신착도서 더보기
    최근 3년간 통계입니다.

    소장정보

    • 예약
    • 소재불명신고
    • 나의폴더
    • 우선정리요청
    • 비도서대출신청
    • 야간 도서대출신청
    소장자료
    등록번호 청구기호 소장처 대출가능여부 대출정보
    TF10229 전자도서 대출가능 마이폴더 부재도서신고 비도서대출신청 야간 도서대출신청

    * 대출중인 자료에 한하여 예약이 가능합니다. 예약을 원하시면 예약버튼을 클릭하십시오.

    해당 도서를 다른 이용자가 함께 대출한 도서

    관련 인기도서

    로그인 후 이용 가능합니다.