Framing borders : principle and practicality in the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory / Ian Kalman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalman, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands--Social aspects--Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.

Borderlands.

Borderlands--Political aspects--Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.

Border crossing--Social aspects--Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.

Border crossing.

Border crossing--Political aspects--Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.

Border crossing--Social aspects--Canadian-American Border Region.

Border crossing--Political aspects--Canadian-American Border Region.

Social conditions.

Social aspects.

Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.

Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne--Social conditions.

Canadian-American Border Region.

North America--Canadian-American Border Region.

Physical Description:

xii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Framing Borders addresses a fundamental disjuncture between scholastic portrayals of settler colonialism and what actually takes place in Akwesasne Territory, the largest Indigenous cross-border community in Canada. Whereas most existing portrayals of Indigenous nationalism emphasize border crossing as a site of conflict between officers and Indigenous nationalists, in this book Ian Kalman observes a much more diverse range of interactions, from conflict to banality to joking and camaraderie. Framing Borders explores how border crossing represents a conversation where different actors "frame" themselves, the law, and the space that they occupy in diverse ways. Written in accessible, lively prose, Kalman addresses what goes on when border officers and Akwesasne residents meet, and what these exchanges tell us about the relationship between Indigenous actors and public servants in Canada. This book provides an ethnographic examination of the experiences of the border by Mohawk community members, the history of local border enforcement, and the paradoxes, self-contradictions, and confusions that underlie the border and its enforcement."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

2 Welcome to Akwesasne p. 37

3 Doing History in Akwesasne p. 59

4 The Changing Face of the Cornwall-Akwesasne Border p. 80

5 "Reporting in" to/from Akwesasne p. 115

6 Processing p. 148

7 Talking Borders p. 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kalman, Ian. Framing borders.

ISBN:

1487526539

9781487526535

1487509219

9781487509217

OCLC:

1223016441

Publisher Number:

99987395224