Decolonising Sambo

Transculturation, Fungibility and Black and People of Colour Futurity

Shirley Anne Tate

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781836084471
• eBook ISBN: 9781836084488
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Minority Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

sambo is racialised naming, deeply rooted in the colonial legacies of white European settler colonial societies globally, including Australia, the Caribbean, South Africa, the USA, Canada and Latin America.

This second edition of Decolonising Sambo: Transculturation, Fungibility and Black and People of Colour Futurity develops further the Black decolonial feminist theoretical framing of sambo as a white settler colonial psyche artefact by incorporating 'whiteness as property' into the critical theories used to analyse its construction. Tate examines manifestations of sambo in different contexts, including Canada's Prairies, while shedding light on the persistence of racist caricature across the Americas, Europe and beyond. The work offers an analysis of Indigenous Australians' experiences within the framework of global Black liberation thought and continuing dispossession. It also discusses the ongoing Caribbean Reparations movement. Throughout, the text underscores the enduring significance of sambo as colonial psychic remainder amidst broader discussions on global anti-Blackness, particularly in the aftermath of the #BLM movement.

Drawing from historical, cultural and socio-political perspectives, this new edition provides scholars and students with insights into anti-Black racial formations, colonial power structures and critical theories, enriching discussions on race, identity and decolonisation across academic disciplines.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Chapter 1. Introduction: Sambo’s Social Etymology and White European Settler Colonial Transculturation
• Chapter 2. Naming: The Fungibility of Subjection, Transculturation and Colonial Inferiority
• Chapter 3. Consuming Sambo and Necropolitical Love/Hate: Humour, Children’s Books and Sweets
• Chapter 4. Biopolitics and Racialising Assemblages: Australian Colonial Breeding Out/In and the Nation
• Chapter 5. Contemptible Commemoration: Racial Capitalism and Love/Care for Long-Dead Sambo
• Chapter 6. ‘Post-Race’ Racial Libidinal Economies: Markets and Contemptible Collectables
• Chapter 7. Racism’s Affects in Scandal’s Refusals: Transracial Intimacy, ‘Post-Race’ Power and the Love of the American People
• Chapter 8. Conclusion: Black/People of Colour Futurities – Decolonising Mind, Affect, Being and Power
• Bibliography
• Index