Indigenous cities : urban Indian fiction and the histories of relocation
(Special Collection Loan)
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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
Physical Desc
xiii, 338 pages ; 24 cm
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Rawlings Branch - Local History and Genealogy Loan
LHG 810.989 F
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LHG 810.989 F
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Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
Format
Special Collection Loan
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"In Indigenous Cities Laura M. Furlan demonstrates that stories of the urban experience are essential to an understanding of modern Indigeneity. She situates Native identity among theories of diaspora, cosmopolitanism, and transnationalism by examining urban narratives--such as those written by Sherman Alexie, Janet Campbell Hale, Louise Erdrich, and Susan Power--along with the work of filmmakers and artists. In these stories, Native peoples navigate new surroundings, find and reformulate community, and maintain and redefine Indian identity in the postrelocation era. These narratives illuminate the changing relationship between urban Indigenous peoples and theirtribal nations and territories and the ways in which new cosmopolitan bonds both reshape and are interpreted by tribal identities. Though the majority of American Indigenous populations do not reside on reservations, these spaces regularly define discussions and literature about Native citizenship and identity. Meanwhile, conversations about the shift to urban settings often focus on elements of dispossession, subjectivity, and assimilation. Furlan takes a critical look at Indigenous fiction from the last three decades to present a new way of looking at urban experiences that explains mobility and relocation as a form of resistance. In these stories Indian bodies are not bound by state-imposed borders or confined to Indian Country as it is traditionally conceived. Furlan demonstrates that cities have always been Indian land and Indigenous peoples have always been cosmopolitan and urban."--,Provided by publisher.
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"A critical study of contemporary American Indian narratives set in urban spaces that reveals how these texts respond to diaspora, dislocation, citizenship, and reclamation"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Furlan, L. M. (2017). Indigenous cities: urban Indian fiction and the histories of relocation . University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Furlan, Laura M.. 2017. Indigenous Cities: Urban Indian Fiction and the Histories of Relocation. University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Furlan, Laura M.. Indigenous Cities: Urban Indian Fiction and the Histories of Relocation University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Furlan, Laura M.. Indigenous Cities: Urban Indian Fiction and the Histories of Relocation University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
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