Unsettling America: The Uses of Indianness in the 21st Century

C. Richard King

doi:10.5771/9781442216693

Summary

Unsettling America explores the cultural politics of Indianness in the 21st century. It concerns itself with representations of Native Americans in popular culture, the news media, and political debate and the ways in which American Indians have interpreted, challenged, and reworked key ideas about them. It examines the means and meanings of competing uses and understandings of Indianness, unraveling their significance for broader understandings of race and racism, sovereignty and self-determination, and the possibilities of decolonization. To this end, it takes up four themes:

false claims about or on Indianness, that is, distortions, or ongoing stereotyping;
claiming Indianness to advance the culture wars, or how indigenous peoples have figured in post-9/11 political debates;
making claims through metaphors and juxtaposition, or the use of analogy to advance political movements or enhance social visibility; and
reclamations, or exertion of cultural sovereignty.

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Copyright Year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-1667-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-1669-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 143
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgements No access
3. How Indianness Matters Now No access
1. 1 George Bush May Not Like Black People, but No One Gives a Damn about Indigenous Peoples No access
2. 2 Embattled Images in the Marketplace No access
1. 3 On Being a Warrior No access
2. 4 Defending Civilization from the Hostiles No access
3. 5 Always Enemy Combatants? No access
1. 6 Borrowing Power No access
2. 7 Alter/native Heroes No access
3. 8 De/Scribing Squ*w No access
4. Reclaiming Indianness No access
Notes No access Pages 113 - 126
Bibliography No access Pages 127 - 138
Index No access Pages 139 - 142
About the Author No access Pages 143 - 143