Why I Can't Stand Junot Díaz: Decolonial Love is About Hate, Not Love
By: Brandon Archambault
I haven't read any of Junot Díaz's fiction. I plan to get there
eventually, but when I critique Díaz, it's for his politics.
Decolonial theory is associated with names like Walter D. Mignolo;
if you want a solid critique from someone much more qualified than me of
Mignolo specifically and his decolonial bugbears, then the first thirteen pages
of this monograph do
exactly that.
Díaz, though, is specifically more well-known for talking about
“decolonial LOVE,” and that's why I single him out for being intolerable.
First, let's step through where...
