{"product_id":"encountering-the-sovereign-other-indigenous-science-fiction-9781611864052","title":"Encountering the Sovereign Other: Indigenous","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScience fiction often operates as either an extended metaphor for human relationships or as a genuine attempt to encounter the alien Other. Both types of stories tend to rehearse the processes of colonialism, in which a sympathetic protagonist encounters and tames the unknown. Despite this logic, Native American writers have claimed the genre as a productive space in which they can critique historical colonialism and reassert the value of Indigenous worldviews. \u003ci\u003eEncountering the Sovereign Other\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding Indigenous science fiction, placing Native theorists like Vine Deloria Jr. and Gregory Cajete in conversation with science fiction theorists like Darko Suvin, David Higgins, and Michael Pinsky. In response to older colonial discourses, many contemporary Indigenous authors insist that readers acknowledge their humanity while recognizing them as distinct peoples who maintain their own cultures, beliefs, and nationhood. Here author Miriam C. Brown Spiers analyzes four novels: William Sanders’s \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of Billy Badass and the Rose of Turkestan\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephen Graham Jones’s \u003ci\u003eIt Came from Del Rio\u003c\/i\u003e, D. L. Birchfield’s \u003ci\u003eField of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e, and Blake M. Hausman’s \u003ci\u003eRiding the Trail of Tears\u003c\/i\u003e. Demonstrating how Indigenous science fiction expands the boundaries of the genre while reinforcing the relevance of Indigenous knowledge, Brown Spiers illustrates the use of science fiction as a critical compass for navigating and surviving the distinct challenges of the twenty-first century.","brand":"Michigan State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041736360279,"sku":"9781611864052","price":41.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781611864052.jpg?v=1750951479","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/encountering-the-sovereign-other-indigenous-science-fiction-9781611864052","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}