{"product_id":"critically-sovereign-9780822363392","title":"Critically Sovereign","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing a range of historical, literary, and legal texts, the contributors to \u003ci\u003eCritically Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e trace the ways in which gender is inextricably linked to Indigenous politics and U.S. and Canadian colonialism, showing how gender, sexuality, and feminism work as co-productive forces of Native American and Indigenous sovereignty, self-determination, and epistemology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCritically Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a necessary reading for those studying Indigenous politics, it should also be considered a required reading for scholars and activists who study race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and colonialism.”\u003c\/p\u003e -- Brionca Taylor * Gender \u0026amp; Society *\u003cbr\u003e\"Through a collective of brilliant voices, the essays in this book grapple with the significance of gender, sexuality, and politics with searing wisdom.\u003ci\u003e Critically Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers a reason to hope for a decolonized tomorrow.\" -- Dianca Potts * Signature *\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful and urgently needed anthology. . . . \u003ci\u003eCritically Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential text for anyone engaged in feminist and queer theory or projects of decolonization.\" -- Stephanie Lumsden * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCritically Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e offers a strong addition to scholarship or graduate-level coursework engaged with global feminisms. . . . \u003ci\u003eCritically Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e provides a timely entry point into the seismic stakes and shifts within Native American and Indigenous studies.\" -- Kirisitina Sailiata * Feminist Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"This collection rejects the elimination of the Indigenous through the erasure of gender and sexuality. For the queer, femme, and two-spirit people at the center of Indigenous movements for autonomy and freedom, this is a deeply important project. \u003ci\u003eCritically Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e is an opening salvo in what I hope is a burgeoning intellectual and intersectional field.\"\u003cbr\u003e   -- Anne Spice * Women's Studies Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"For those of us seeking to grow our equity work in educational settings, reading essays like those in this collection allow us to privilege-check our own approaches. The denseness of the material aside, each piece acts as a motivator for equity work and as a reminder that this work cannot be done in a vacuum, and can never be complete without an understanding of intersectionality.\" -- Tracey Germa * Education Forum *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Critically Sovereign \/ Joanne Barker  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Indigenous Hawaiian Sexuality and the Politics of Nationalist Decolonization \/ J. Kehaulani Kauanui  45\u003cbr\u003e 2. Return to \"The Uprising at Beautiful Mountain in 1913\": Marriage and Sexuality in the Making of the Modern Navajo Nation \/ Jennifer Nez Denetdale  69\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ongoing Storms and Struggles: Gendered Violence and Resource Exploitation \/ Mishuana R. Goeman  99\u003cbr\u003e 4. Audiovisualizing Inupiaq Men and Masculinities \u003ci\u003eOn the Ice\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Jessica Bissett Perrea  127\u003cbr\u003e 5. Around 1978: Family, Culture, and Race in the Federal Production of Indianness \/ Mark Rifkin  169\u003cbr\u003e 6. Loving Unbecoming: The Queer Politics of the Transitive Native \/ Jodi A. Byrd  207\u003cbr\u003e 7. Getting Dirty: The Eco-Eroticism of Women in Indigenous Oral Literatures \/ Melissa K. Nelson  229\u003cbr\u003e Contributor Biographies  261\u003cbr\u003e Index  263","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406101455191,"sku":"9780822363392","price":72.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822363392.jpg?v=1730494531","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/critically-sovereign-9780822363392","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}