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Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States

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Description for Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States Paperback. Combining political theory with ethnographic research among the Mohawks of Kahnawake, a reserve community in what is now southwestern Quebec, this book examines their struggles to articulate and maintain political sovereignty through centuries of settler colonialism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSL9; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Mohawk Interruptus is a bold challenge to dominant thinking in the fields of Native studies and anthropology. Combining political theory with ethnographic research among the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke, a reserve community in what is now southwestern Quebec, Audra Simpson examines their struggles to articulate and maintain political sovereignty through centuries of settler colonialism. The Kahnawà:ke Mohawks are part of the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy. Like many Iroquois peoples, they insist on the integrity of Haudenosaunee governance and refuse American or Canadian citizenship. Audra Simpson thinks through this politics of refusal, which stands in stark contrast to the politics of cultural ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
396g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822356554
SKU
V9780822356554
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99-50

About Audra Simpson
Audra Simpson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. She is a coeditor, with Andrea Smith, of Theorizing Native Studies, also published by Duke University Press.  

Reviews for Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States
“In her brilliant study of Kahnawà:ke, a Mohawk reserve outside Montréal, anthropologist Simpson rejects this dominant image of indigenous nationhood on the brink and ‘starts with a grounded refusal, not a precipice.’ The author problematizes long-standing assumptions to position the actions of the Kahnawà:ke nation as that of refusal, a valid alternative to political recognition. Through in-depth ethnographic research, Simpson ... Read more

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