" Exorbitance does more than extend Thomas' ongoing meditation on sovereignty in everyday life; it articulates our investments in self-determination, autonomy, and even the much more elusive freedom from ground zero--the physical body. In sharp prose that vibrates with visceral resonance and cognitive authority, Thomas illuminates how the possibilities embedded in embodied sovereignty might be one of our best strategies for building new, more life-affirming worlds."-- Aimee Meredith Cox, author of , Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship "A brilliant meditation from one of our most supple theorists of violence, performance, institutions, post-slavery, and diaspora, Exorbitance calls for vulnerability and renewed attention to how we use bodily knowledge. Deborah Thomas asks scholars to assess how we listen and therefore hear, mis-hear, or ignore the narratives that are presented to us."-- Faith Smith, author of , Strolling in the Ruins: The Caribbean's Non-sovereign Modern in the Early Twentieth Century " Exorbitance is beautifully and persuasively written. There is a wealth of knowledge to be gleaned from Thomas' ethnographic research and theorizing that scholars and students will find enriching. This should be required reading for courses in Anthropology, Sociology, and Caribbean Studies."-- Winnifred R.

Brown-Glaude , Ethnic and Racial Studies.