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A separate country : postcoloniality and American Indian nations
"Essays questioning the academic notion that "postcoloniality" is the current condition of American Indian communities. Argues that American Indians remain among the most colonized people in the modern world; revises the popular view of the American West and explores the forgotten history of Indigenousness in America"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780896727342 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0896727343 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780896727250 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0896727254 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xvii, 216 pages : illustrations : 23 cm.
- Publisher: Lubboc, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, c2012.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-208) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Pt. 1. The Indian postmodern. Situating colonial and postcolonial studies ; Indigeneity as a category of analysis ; A new understanding of a specific historical event within the colonial paradigm ; Eliminationism ; On "looking westward" ; Law: the task of justification -- Pt. 2. Imponderables. Just a thought ; Citizen! Citizen! ; The cynical tourist ; What about violence? ; The politics of misogyny ; The dilemma of language and the art of political persuasion ; Balancing acts for academic risk takers ; Taku Inichiapi? What's in a name? -- Pt. 3. Two case studies. Case study 1: the assault on a nation through the political applications of colonization (1888) ; Case study 2: the dismissal of a people from the Dakota prairie: a case of literary genocide (1920-1930) -- Pt. 4. Postcoloniality: a mask of civilization. Is now the moment? ; State governmental power versus tribal nation autonomy ; Conclusions
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- 1 of 3 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 76.8 .W5 C66 2012 | 280917 | Stacks | Checked out | 09/16/2019 |
| Lummi Library | E 76.8 .W5 C66 2012 | 284250 | Stacks | Checked out | 07/09/2019 |
| Lummi Library | E 76.8 .W5 C66 2012 | 289656 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |