Settler memory : the disavowal of indigeneity and the politics of race in the United States / Kevin Bruyneel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruyneel, Kevin, author.

Series:

Critical indigeneities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people--United States--Relations with Indians.

White people.

Indians of North America--Social conditions.

Indians of North America.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Relations with Indians.

United States.

Imperialism.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

White people--Relations with Indians.

Physical Description:

xxi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Faint traces of American Indigenous people and their histories abound in our media, memory, and myths. And yet, Indigeneity remains persistently absent or invisible, especially in contrast to contemporary political and intellectual discourses about white supremacy, anti-blackness, and racism in general. In SETTLER MEMORY, Kevin Bruyneel grapples with this displacement of Indigeneity and with the ongoing power of settler colonialism in American political theory and culture. He argues that the faint trace of Indigeneity remains essential to the politics and discourse of race in America, and inattention to it undermines the effort to understand Indigenous politics while also stalling the effort to advance the conversation around race itself"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One The Settler Memory of Bacons Rebellion

ch. Two Reconstructing Political Memory: The Reconstruction Era and the Faint Trace of Settler Colonialism

ch. Three James Baldwin and Cowboys and Indians

ch. Four The Free Pass: The Racial Politics of Indian Team Names and Mascots

ch. Five Mocking Disavowal and Cruel Celebration: Trump's White Settler Nationalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469665221

1469665220

9781469665238

1469665239

OCLC:

1240265977