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Distorted descent : white claims to Indigenous identity /
"Distorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white, French descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self-defined "Indigenous" identity. This study is not about individuals who have been dispossessed by colonial policies...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada :
University of Manitoba Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Self-Indigenization in the twenty-first century
- Part One. The Mechanics of Descent. Lineal descent and the political use of Indigenous women ancestors ; Aspirational descent: creating Indigenous women ancestors ; Lateral descent: remaking family in the past
- Part Two. Race Shifting as Anti-Indigenous Politics. After Powley: anti-Indigenous activism and becoming "Métis" in two regions of Quebec ; The largest self-identified "Métis" organization in Quebec: The Métis Nation of the Rising Sun
- Conclusion: White claims to Indigenous identity.