Description
Book SynopsisBrings together indigenous and non-indigenous scholars specializing in the Andes, Mesoamerica, and Canada. The overarching theme is the changing understanding of indigeneity from first contact to the contemporary period in three of the world's major regions of indigenous peoples.
Trade Review"One of the strengths of this collection is that the articles reference one another, providing critical links between the geographic regions and highlighting areas of similarity and difference between Indigenous agency and activism in diverse locales. The range of contributions with regard to content, writing style, and sources used makes the edited collection
Hemispheric Indigeneities an excellent text for a course in contemporary Indigenous studies and one that would be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of folklore, history, theatre, literary studies, and anthropology."—Sarah Campbell,
Journal of Folklore Research"Innovative in its effort to bring scholars from these different regions together,
Hemispheric Indigeneities offers a solid contribution on which future comparative scholarship can build."—David Carey Jr.,
Hispanic American Historical Review“This collection makes a tremendous contribution to burgeoning discussions of Indigeneity. In rich and fascinating detail, each chapter elaborates processes and meanings of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ Indigenous across time and geographic space in the Americas. It is sure to enrich hemispheric and global dialogue about the nuances, diversity, complexities, and contradictions of Indigeneity both historically and in the contemporary world.”—Laura R. Graham, professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa and coeditor of
Performing Indigeneity: Global Histories and Contemporary ExperiencesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. First Contacts, First Nations
1. The Early Colonial Origins of Indigeneity in and around the Basin of Mexico
Susan Kellogg
2. Existing Ancestralities and the Failure of Colonial Regimes
Susan Elizabeth Ramírez
3. “We Do the Same Thing among Ourselves”: Becoming Indigenous in Atlantic Canada
David T. McNab
Part 2. Indigenous Survival and Selfhood in the Long Nineteenth Century
4. Everything Must Change so that Everything Can Stay the Same: Miscegenation, Racialization, and Culture in Modern Mesoamerica
Luis Fernando Granados
5. From Prosperity to Poverty: Andeans in the Nineteenth Century
Erick D. Langer
6. Nation Making / Nation Breaking: “Effective Control” of Aboriginal Lands and Peoples by Settlers in Transition
Karl S. Hele
Part 3. Asserting Indigeneity in the Contemporary Era
7. Asserting Indigeneity in Contemporary Mexico and Central America: Autonomy, Rights, and Confronting Nation-States
Lynn Stephen
8. Against Coloniality: Andrés Jach’aqullu’s Indigenous Movement in the Era of the Bolivian National Revolution of 1952
Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki
9. Reel Visions: Snapshots from a Half Century of First Nations Cinema
Miléna Santoro
Postface. Indigenous Experience and Legacies
10. Travels of a Métis through Spirit Memory, around Turtle Island, and Beyond
David T. McNab
Contributors
Index
