After postmemory: disappearance, necropolitics, and the crisis of witness in Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys

Alaa Alghamdi

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DOI: 10.1080/23311983.2026.2688635
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@article{allodium:10.1080/23311983.2026.2688635,
  title = {After postmemory: disappearance, necropolitics, and the crisis of witness in Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys},
  author = {Alaa Alghamdi},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Cogent Arts \& Humanities},
  doi = {10.1080/23311983.2026.2688635},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2026.2688635}
}

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TI  - After postmemory: disappearance, necropolitics, and the crisis of witness in Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys
AU  - Alaa Alghamdi
PY  - 2026
JO  - Cogent Arts & Humanities
DO  - 10.1080/23311983.2026.2688635
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Alghamdi, A. (2026). After postmemory: disappearance, necropolitics, and the crisis of witness in Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys. Cogent Arts & Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2026.2688635

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