Main entry:

Coulthard, Glen Sean, 1974- author.

Title & Author:

Red skin, white masks : rejecting the colonial politics of recognition / Glen Sean Coulthard ; foreword by Taiaiake Alfred.

Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]
©2014

Description:

x, 229 pages ; 22 cm

Series:

Indigenous Americas

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-220) and index.
Introduction: Subjects of empire -- Politics of recognition in colonial contexts -- For the land : the Dene nation's struggle for self-determination -- Essentialism and the gendered politics of aboriginal self-government -- Seeing red : reconciliation and resentment -- Plunge into the chasm of the past : Fanon, self-recognition, and decolonization -- Conclusion: Lessons from Idle No More : the future of indigenous activism.

Summary:

"Over the past forty years, recognition has become the dominant mode of negotiation and decolonization between the nation-state and Indigenous nations in North America. The term?recognition? shapes debates over Indigenous cultural distinctiveness, Indigenous rights to land and self-government, and Indigenous peoples' right to benefit from the development of their lands and resources. In a work of critically engaged political theory, Glen Sean Coulthard challenges recognition as a method of organizing difference and identity in liberal politics, questioning the assumption that contemporary difference and past histories of destructive colonialism between the state and Indigenous peoples can be reconciled through a process of acknowledgment. Beyond this, Coulthard examines an alternative politics--one that seeks to revalue, reconstruct, and redeploy Indigenous cultural practices based on self-recognition rather than on seeking appreciation from the very agents of colonialism. Coulthard demonstrates how a?place-based? modification of Karl Marx's theory of?primitive accumulation? throws light on Indigenous-state relations in settler-colonial contexts and how Frantz Fanon's critique of colonial recognition shows that this relationship reproduces itself over time. This framework strengthens his exploration of the ways that the politics of recognition has come to serve the interests of settler-colonial power. In addressing the core tenets of Indigenous resistance movements, like Red Power and Idle No More, Coulthard offers fresh insights into the politics of active decolonization"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780816679645 (hc ; alk. paper)
0816679649 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780816679652 (pb ; alk. paper)
0816679657 (pb ; alk. paper)
9781452942421
1452942420

Subject:

Indigenous peoples North America Government relations.
Indigenous peoples North America Politics and government.
Indigenous peoples Canada Government relations.
Indigenous peoples Canada Politics and government.
Indigenous peoples Legal status, laws, etc. Canada.
Indians of North America Canada Government relations.
Indians of North America Canada Politics and government.
Indians of North America Legal status, laws, etc. Canada.
Indians, Treatment of Canada.
Indians Legal status, laws, etc. Canada.
First Nations Government relations.
First Nations Politics and government.
First Nations Legal status, laws, etc.
First Nations, Treatment of.
Autochtones Amérique du Nord Relations avec l'État.
Autochtones Amérique du Nord Politique et gouvernement.
Peuples autochtones Canada Relations avec l'État.
Peuples autochtones Canada Politique et gouvernement.
Peuples autochtones Droit Canada.
Premières Nations Relations avec l'État.
Premières Nations Politique et gouvernement.
Attitudes envers les Peuples autochtones Canada.
Indigenous peoples Politics and government
Indigenous peoples Legal status, laws, etc.
Indigenous peoples Government relations
Indians, Treatment of
Indians of North America Politics and government
Indians of North America Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North America Government relations
Ethnic relations Political aspects
Indianerpolitik
Rechtsstellung
Indianer
Selbstbestimmungsrecht
North America.
Canada.
Indians.
Politics.
Government.
Legal status.
Ethnicity.
Self-determination.
Nordamerikas indianer politiska aspekter.
Canada Ethnic relations Political aspects.
Kanada.
Canada Relations interethniques Aspect politique.
First Nations First peoples Native Americans

Added entries:

Alfred, Taiaiake, writer of foreword.
Indigenous Americas.

Rejecting the colonial politics of recognition

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316119
Call No.: 316119
Copy: 1
Status: Available