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Author:

Carlson, David J., 1970- author.

Title:

Imagining sovereignty : self-determination in American Indian law and literature / David J. Carlson.

Publisher:

University of Oklahoma Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 233 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--Politics and government.
Indians of North America--Language.--Language.
American literature--Indian authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index.

Contents:

Part I. Grounding sovereignty discourse -- Colonial contexts: tribal sovereignty in western and U.S. Indian law -- The Indian vox populi -- Collective politics and legal interpretation -- Part II. Literary discourses of self-determination -- The pragmatics of literary nationalism -- Elizabeth Cook-Lynn and treaty reading -- Gerald Vizenor's constitutional praxis -- Critical prospects: sovereignty in the Cahuilla storyway.

Series:

American Indian literature and critical studies series ; volume 66

ISBN:

0806151978
9780806151977

OCLC:

(OCoLC)923651082

LCCN:

2015027984

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)