The transit of empire : Indigenous critiques of colonialism /

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"In 1761 and again in 1768, European scientists raced around the world to observe the transit of Venus, a rare astronomical event in which the planet Venus passes in front of the sun. In The Transit of Empire, Jodi A. Byrd explores how Indigeneity functions as transit, a trajectory of movement...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Byrd, Jodi A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Series:First peoples (2010)
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Government relations > History.
Indians of North America > Colonization > United States.
Imperialism > Social aspects > United States.
Racism > United States > History.
Impérialisme > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Imperialism > Social aspects
Indians of North America > Colonization
Indians of North America > Government relations
Racism
Imperialismus
Indianer
Rassismus
Selbstbestimmung
Indianer > relationer till myndigheter > historia > Nordamerika.
Indianer > kolonisering > historia > Förenta staterna.
Imperialism > sociala aspekter > Förenta staterna.
Rasism > historia > Förenta staterna.
United States
USA
Indianer.
Electronic resource.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Indigenous Critical Theory and the Diminishing Returns of Civilization
  • Is and Was: Poststructural Indians without Ancestry
  • "This Island's Mine": The Parallax Logics of Caliban's Cacophony
  • The Masks of Conquest: Wilson Harris's Jonestown and the Thresholds of Grievability
  • "Been to the Nation, Lord, but I Couldn't Stay There": Cherokee Freedmen, Internal Colonialism, and the Racialization of Citizenship
  • Satisfied with Stones: Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization and the Discourses of Resistance
  • Killing States: Removals, Other Americans, and the "Pale Promise of Democracy"
  • Conclusion: Zombie Imperialism.

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