Helen Kapstein

Full Professor Professor

CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Affiliations

CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Research & Evaluation Center

Studies Of Department Of Gender

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Department Of English

Research & Evaluation Center

Studies Of Department Of Interdisciplinary

Department of English

Helen Kapstein is currently serving as a Cuny--John Jay College Of Criminal Justice Full Professor Professor at Cuny--John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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Helen Kapstein

CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Full Professor Professor

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colonialism postcolonial writing history literature global history african studies african identity decoloniality post-colonial criticism anthropology african american studies social history cultural history anti-racism cultural studies urban history southern african studies african diaspora political history nationalism social justice african development african political economy narrative social anthropology heritage studies cultural heritage american literature contemporary fiction interdisciplinary history urban affairs hauntology lateral violence crime against humanity biopolitics cultural tourism cultural geography black experience government administration mass hysteria master narrative crude fictions reading real detective novels james mcclure red herrings district 9 racial justice gender justice

Notable Scholarly Works

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PETROFEMINISM: Love in the Age of Oil.. Oil Fictions: World Literature and Our Contemporary Petrosphere. (2021)

social anthropologybiopoliticsenvironmental historyanthropology

APARTHEID: A Crime Against Humanity.. International and Transnational Crime and Justice. Ed. Mangai Natarajan. New York: Cambridge UP. (2019)

african political economycolonialismsocial justicesouthern african studiesafrican developmentcrime against humanityafrican studiesafrican identityafrican american studiesanti-racismafrican diasporaanthropology

Postcolonial Nations, Islands, and Tourism: Reading Real and Imagined Spaces. Rowman & Littlefield International (2017)

colonialismreading realcultural heritageheritage studiestourismliteratureworld literaturepostcolonial writingculturecultural tourismpost-colonial criticismcultural geographycaribbean studiesglobal historydecolonialitycultural studies

Crude Fictions: How New Nigerian Short Stories Sabotage Big Oil's Master Narrative.. Postcolonial Text (2016)

narrativeliteraturepostcolonial writingliterary criticismcultural historyafrican studiesafrican identitycomparative literaturemaster narrativecultural studiescrude fictions

Coffins, Corpses and Wheelchairs: Mass Hysteria and Postcolonial Constitutions. Spec. issue of Studies in the Humanities on "Globalism from Below." 39.1-2 and 40.1-2 (Jan. 2014) (2014)

colonialismpostcolonial writingmass hysteriapost-colonial criticismglobal historydecolonialityhistory

The Hysterics of District 9. Spec. issue of ESC: English Studies in Canada (2014)

government administrationinterdisciplinary historyurban historypublic historyhumanitiesdistrict 9urban affairspublic administration

Red Herrings: Looking Back at Apartheid Through James Mcclure's Detective Novels. Anthropology & Humanism (2003)

red herringsliteraturepostcolonial writingjames mcclurecontemporary fictionafrican identityanti-racismamerican literatureliterary theoryblack experienceliterary criticismdetective novelshistorycolonialismsouthern african studiespost-colonial criticismsocial historyafrican studiesafrican american studiesafrican diaspora

A Town Called Nobody: Violence, Nationalism, and Witch‐Burning. Journal of Literary Studies (2002)

colonialismnationalismlateral violencepostcolonial writingurban historycultural historysocial historyglobal historydecolonialityhauntologypolitical historyhistory

Book Reviews. Journal of Southern African Studies (1997)

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