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Book SynopsisThe contributors to this groundbreaking collection of essays explore U.S. overseas empire and settler colonialism within the same analytic framework, revealing the mutually constitutive histories of U.S. colonialism abroad and at home.
Trade Review "[T]he strength of
Formations of United States Colonialism is in the scope it offers for the reader to make their own connections. As such, the ideas it presents should prove fertile ground for further study." -- Nick Cleaver * Journal of American Studies *
"However you read this book, by dipping in to chapters or by reading the whole thing, you will emerge with a deeper understanding of the different facets of the United States’ interactions with indigenous peoples within the United States and outside its national borders. ... This book allows readers to take a step towards acknowledging the intricacies of America’s colonial past, and towards understanding the wider implications of U.S. colonialism, both historically and now." -- Sophie Cooper * U.S. Studies Online *
"The volume is a significant resource for U.S. historians and other scholars of American studies who seek to grapple with the place of indigenous people in the development of the United States." -- Malinda Maynor Lowery * Journal of American History *
"The volume features an impressive set of rigorous essays on the coloniality of the United States, itself a 'volatile assemblage' of discourses, practices, events, actors and institutions.... I highly recommend the book for both the insightful depth with which it explores the practices of settler colonialism and the range of topics, cases and time periods the contributors examine so well." -- Kevin Bruyneel * Journal of Colonialism & Colonial History *
"This volume makes several key contributions to the study of empire and colonialism, especially in regard to Indigeneity and U.S. exceptionalism.... This important collection is recommended for undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in Native American and Indigenous studies, American studies, critical ethnic studies, and postcolonial studies. It is required reading for scholars studying and/or teaching U.S. empire. Overall, this book should be widely read and discussed." -- Juliana Hu Pegues * Native American and Indigenous Studies *
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Formations of United States Colonialism is an ambitious, theoretically innovative collection that builds from and poses generative interventions across fields that include indigenous studies, history, postcolonial theory, critical geography, anthropology, and political science.... In this collection, the themes of storied land, mapping, and cartography, the politics of recognition, and conflicting regimes of racialization, among many others, emerge as signposts for vital and necessary work that connects various formations of United States colonialism and imperialism. While many scholars and activists have understood the continental conquest of North America and United States’ empire-building as discrete projects, this anthology makes a significant intervention in multiple fields and inspires new coalitional possibilities." -- Savannah J. Kilner * American Indian Culture and Research Journal *
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Formations of United States Colonialism is an excellent collection of state-of-the-art essays that critically examine US colonial discourse and grapple with the complexities of cultural decolonization....
Formations of United States Colonialism deserves attention for its historically grounded insights into the complex and dynamics relationship among power, identity, and knowledge. Within its pages, one cannot yet see the outlines of a decolonized world, but one can sense which direction to take to reach it." -- Christopher Powell * Canadian Journal of Native Studies *
"This book allows readers to take a step towards acknowledging the intricacies of America’s colonial past, and towards understanding the wider implications of U.S. colonialism, both historically and now." -- Sophie Cooper * U.S. Studies Online *
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Toward a Genealogy of the U.S. Colonial Present / Alyosha Goldstein 1 Part I. Histories in Contention 1. The Specters of Recognition / Joanne Barker 33 2. Colonizing Chaco Canyon: Mapping Antiquity in the Territorial Southwest / Berenika Byszewski 57 3. The Prose of Counter-Sovereignty / Manu Vimalassery 87 4. A Sorry State: Apology Politics and Legal Fictions in the Court of the Conqueror / J. Kehaulani Kauanui 110 Part II. Colonial Entanglements 5. Missionaries, Slaves, and Indians: Fragmented Colonial Exchanges in the Early American South / Barbara Krauthamer 137 6. American Empire, Hispanism, and the Nationalist Visions of Albizu, Recto, and Grau / Augusto Espiritu 157 7. Becoming Indo-Hispano: Reies Lopez Tijerina and the New Mexican Land Grant Movement / Lorena Oropeza 180 8. Seeking New Fields of Labor: Football and Colonial Political Economies in American Samoa / Fa'anofo Lisaclaire Uperesa 207 9. The Kepaniwai (Damming of the Water) Heritage Gardens: Alternative Futures beyond the Settler State / Dean Itsuji Saranillio 233 Part III. Politics of Transposition 10. Our Stories Are Maps Larger Than Can Be Held: Self-Determination and the Normative Force of Law at the Periphery of American Expansionism / Julian Aguon 265 11. Governmentality and Cartographies of Colonial Spaces: The "Progressive Military Map of Porto Rico," 1908-1914 / Lanny Thompson 289 12. "I'm Not Running on My Gender": The 2010 Navajo Nation Presidential Race, Gender, and the Politics of Tradition / Jennifer Nez Denetdale 316 13. Translation, American English, and the National Insecurities of Empire / Vicente L. Rafael 335 Bibliography 361 Contributors 399 Index
