| Beyond Two Worlds: Critical Conversations on Language and Power in Native North America Contributor(s): Buss, James Joseph (Editor), Genetin-Pilawa, C. Joseph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1438453418 ISBN-13: 9781438453415 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Native American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | Native American |
| Dewey: 970.004 |
| LCCN: 2013047048 |
| Series: Suny Series, Tribal Worlds: Critical Studies in American Indian Nation Building |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.35" W x 9.37" (1.45 lbs) 331 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beyond Two Worlds brings together scholars of Native history and Native American studies to offer fresh insights into the methodological and conceptual significance of the "two-worlds framework." They address the following questions: Where did the two-worlds framework originate? How has it changed over time? How does it continue to operate in today's world? Most people recognize the language of binaries birthed by the two-worlds trope--savage and civilized, East and West, primitive and modern. For more than four centuries, this lexicon has served as a grammar for settler colonialism. While many scholars have chastised this type of terminology in recent years, the power behind these words persists. With imagination and a critical evaluation of how language, politics, economics, and culture all influence the expectations that we place on one another, the contributors to this volume rethink the two-worlds trope, adding considerably to our understanding of the past and present. |