Settler memory : the disavowal of Indigeneity and the politics of race in the United States
2021
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"Faint traces of American Indigenous people and their histories abound in our media, memory, and myths. And yet, Indigeneity remains persistently absent or invisible, especially in contrast to contemporary political and intellectual discourses about white supremacy, anti-blackness, and racism in general. In SETTLER MEMORY, Kevin Bruyneel grapples with this displacement of Indigeneity and with the ongoing power of settler colonialism in American political theory and culture. He argues that the faint trace of Indigeneity remains essential to the politics and discourse of race in America, and inattention to it undermines the effort to understand Indigenous politics while also stalling the effort to advance the conversation around race itself"-- Provided by publisher
Item Details
ISBN: 9781469665238
Description: xxi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
- ch. One The Settler Memory of Bacons Rebellion
- ch. Two Reconstructing Political Memory: The Reconstruction Era and the Faint Trace of Settler Colonialism
- ch. Three James Baldwin and Cowboys and Indians
- ch. Four The Free Pass: The Racial Politics of Indian Team Names and Mascots
- ch. Five Mocking Disavowal and Cruel Celebration: Trump's White Settler Nationalism
- Conclusion: Refusing Settler Memory
LCCN: 2021007916
Control Number: 3162476
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]Series:
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