Honor Ford-Smith
"The Body and Performance in 1970s Jamaica: Toward a Decolonial Cultural Method" in Small Axe 23 (1), 150-168
This essay discusses decolonization, performance, and education in the 1970s in Jamaica and argues that embodied performances of humans existing at the margins of power are both compelling as and productive of new forms of knowledge because they teach us to challenge enduring colonial representations and create community in profound ways. Drawing on Sylvia Wynter’s […]
"The Ghost of Mikey Smith: Space, Performance and Justice" in Caribbean Quarterly 63 (2-3)
Caribbean quarterly, 2017-07-03, Vol.63 (2-3), p.271-290Description In what follows I ask what Mikey Smith's death performs?I use the term performance here not to describe a theatrical production but rather to explore the ways in which public actions can become statements about power. What does the scenario of Mikey's death on an open road in public […]
"Vigils, murals and the politics of popular commemoration in Jamaica" in At the Limits of Justice: Women of Colour respond to Terror
The fear and violence that followed the events of September 11, 2001 touched lives all around the world, even in places that few would immediately associate with the global war on terror. In At the Limits of Justice, twenty-nine contributors from six countries explore the proximity of terror in their own lives and in places […]
"Performing Queer Marronage: The work of d'bi young anitafika" in Q2Q: Queer Canadian Performance Texts
A companion anthology to Q2Q: Queer Canadian Theatre and Performance, the work contained in this volume provides a snapshot of Canadian contemporary queer performance practices—from solo performance to political allegory to family melodrama to intersectional narratives that combine text, movement, and music.