| Indian Given: Racial Geographies across Mexico and the United States Contributor(s): Saldaña-Portillo, María Josefina (Author) |
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ISBN: 082235988X ISBN-13: 9780822359883 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $102.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2015025420 |
| Series: Latin America Otherwise |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Mexican - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Indian Given Mar a Josefina Salda a-Portillo addresses current racialized violence and resistance in Mexico and the United States with a genealogy that reaches back to the sixteenth century. Salda a-Portillo formulates the central place of indigenous peoples in the construction of national spaces and racialized notions of citizenship, showing, for instance, how Chicanos/as in the U.S./Mexico borderlands might affirm or reject their indigenous background based on their location. In this and other ways, she demonstrates how the legacies of colonial Spain's and Britain's differing approaches to encountering indigenous peoples continue to shape perceptions of the natural, racial, and cultural landscapes of the United States and Mexico. Drawing on a mix of archival, historical, literary, and legal texts, Salda a-Portillo shows how los indios/Indians provided the condition of possibility for the emergence of Mexico and the United States. |
