Performing Indigeneity - Spectacles of Culture and Identity in Coloniality

A decolonial critique of the agency of the colonised subject.

Summary

Ndlovu provides an insightful evaluation of what could constitute an `authentic’ indigenous agency among the colonial subalterns in India, Australia, Canada, Africa and the Americas. A sharp critique of the performance of indigeneity under modernity and coloniality which challenges Western stereotypes of colonised subjects.

Product details

• Authors: Morgan Ndlovu
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9780745338590
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3859-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons; Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Indigenous Peoples, Colonialism and imperialism