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Book SynopsisCombining contemporary ethnography and ethnohistory, Circe Strum's analysis probes the intersection of race and national identity, the process of national formation, and the dangers in linking racial and national identities. The study focuses on the Oklahoma Cherokee.
Trade Review"Blood Politics offers an anthropological analysis of contemporary identity politics within the second largest Indian tribe in the United States-one that pays particular attention to the symbol of "blood." The work treats an extremely sensitive topic with originality and insight. It is also notable for bringing contemporary theories of race, nationalism, and social identity to bear upon the case of the Oklahoma Cherokee."-Pauline Turner Strong, author of Captive Selves, Captivating Others: The Politics and Poetics of Colonial American Captivity Narratives
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Chapter One. Opening Chapter Two. Blood, Culture, and Race: Cherokee Politics and Identity in the Eighteenth Century Chapter Three. Race as Nation, Race as Blood Quantum: The Racial Politics of Cherokee Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century Chapter Four. Law of Blood, Politics of Nation: The Political Foundations of Racial Rule in the Cherokee Nation, 1907-2000 Chapter Five. Social Classification and Racial Contestation: Local Non-National Interpretations of Cherokee Identity Chapter Six. Blood and Marriage: The Interplay of Kinship, Race, and Power in Traditional Cherokee Communities Chapter Seven. Challenging the Color Line: The Trials and Tribulations of the Cherokee Freedmen Chapter Eight. Closing Notes Bibliography Index
