ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the critical genocide studies in different ways, particularly with regard to the issue of translation, a term repeatedly invoked by the authors, albeit in different ways. A battle ensues in which some of Genocide's many powers are revealed: superhuman strength and agility, flight, teleportation, and mind control. Critical genocide studies takes place in the gutter. The action of Wonder Woman takes places between the gutters. The chapter offers a small contribution to critical genocide studies amidst a growing number of scholars undertaking such unpackings, including recent works by Feierstein (2014), Jones (2016), Meierhenrich (2014), Short (2016), and Woolford (2015). Complicated histories of the United States involvement in genocide, ranging from its role in helping genocidal regimes come to power to making geopolitical interventions is erased from the narrative that is "filled in" in a simplified, naturalized manner.
