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The White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty

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Description for The White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.

The White Possessive explores the links between race, sovereignty, and possession through themes of property: owning property, being property, and becoming propertyless. Focusing on the Australian Aboriginal context, Aileen Moreton-Robinson questions current race theory in the first world and its preoccupation with foregrounding slavery and migration. The nation, she argues, is socially and culturally constructed as a white possession.

Moreton-Robinson reveals how the core values of Australian national identity continue to have their roots in Britishness and colonization, built on the disavowal of Indigenous sovereignty. Whiteness studies literature is central to Moreton-Robinson’s reasoning, and she shows how blackness works as a ... Read more

Throughout this critical examination Moreton-Robinson proposes a bold new agenda for critical Indigenous studies, one that involves deeper analysis of how the prerogatives of white possession function within the role of disciplines.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Indigenous Americas
Condition
New
Weight
322g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816692163
SKU
V9780816692163
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About Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Aileen Moreton-Robinson is professor of Indigenous studies at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, and is director of the National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network. She is author of Talkin’ Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism and editor of several books, including Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters.

Reviews for The White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty
"Aileen Moreton-Robinson brilliantly shows how systematically identifying whiteness with possession and dispossession deserves foregrounding in Indigenous studies."—David Roediger, University of Kansas, author of Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All "The White Possessive showcases the unique intellectual contribution of Aileen Moreton-Robinson, both within Australia and internationally. Prising apart concepts of race, ethnicity, and cultural difference, her book makes visible ... Read more

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