Colonial Construction of Indian Country - Native American Literatures and Federal Indian Law

"Eric Cheyfitz mounts a pointed historical critique of colonialism through careful analysis of the dialogue between Native American literatures and federal Indian law. Illuminating how these literatures indict colonial practices, he argues that if the decolonization of Indian country is to be achieved, then federal Indian law must be replaced with independent Native nation sovereignty-because subordinate sovereignty, the historical regime, is not sovereignty at all"--

About the author

Eric Cheyfitz is Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program at Cornell University. He is author of The Disinformation Age: The Collapse of Liberal Democracy in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Cheyfitz
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 19.12.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9781517911324
• ISBN: 978-1-5179-1132-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Indigenous Americas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous