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The Morphology of Marronage
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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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- Authors
- Wright, W. J.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wright, Willie Jamaal
- Venue
- Annals of the American Association of Geographers
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-10-22
- Volume
- 110
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1134-1149
- ISSN
- 2469-4452 (ISSN-L)
- 2469-4460
- OpenAlex
- W2982149157
- Cited by
- 199
- References
- 143
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 6
- FWCI
- 155.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annals of the American Association of Geographers (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Historical Geography and Geographical Thought
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Spatial and Cultural Studies
- Keywords
- marronage, fugitivity, Black diaspora, freedom, landscape, geomorphology, spatial autonomy, uneven geographical development, values, Black communities, United States, Mexico, Vietnam
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