Storied Communities

Narratives of Contact and Arrival in Constituting Political Community

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Political communities are defined, and often contested, through stories. Scholars have long recognized that two foundational sets of stories – narratives of contact and narratives of arrival – helped to define settler societies. We are only beginning to understand how ongoing issues of migration and settlement are linked to issues of indigenous-settler contact.Storied Communities disrupts the assumption in many works that indigenous and immigrant identities fall into two separate streams of analysis. The authors do not attempt to build a new master narrative – they instead juxtapose narratives of contact and arrival as they explore key themes: narrative and narrative form, the nature and hazards of storytelling in the political realm, and the institutional and theoretical implications of foundation narratives and storytelling. By bringing to light the links between narratives of contact and narratives of arrival, this volume opens up new ways to imagine, sustain, and transform political communities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-12-15
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774818797

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Hester Lessard is a professor of law at the University of Victoria. Rebecca Johnson is a professor of law at the University of Victoria. Jeremy Webber holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Society at the University of Victoria and is also a Trudeau Fellow.Contributors: Kim Anderson, Bain Attwood, Michael Asch, Brenna Bhandar, J. Edward Chamberlin, Susan Bibler Coutin, Donald Galloway, Anne Godlewska, Sneja Gunew, Johnny Mack, Audrey Macklin, Martha Nandorfy, Jacinta Ruru, Blanca Schorcht, S. Ronald Stevenson, Patricia Tuitt, Richard Van Camp

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The book is a welcome addition to the recent work of scholars such as Andrea Smith, Patrick Wolfe, Sherene Razack and Sunera Thobani, who have drawn fundamental connections between the structural elimination of Native peoples and the racialization of (and violence against) non-Native minority groups in settler colonial states. - Bruno Cornellier, Centre for Globalization and Cultural Studies, University of Manitoba (Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, Vol. 13 No. 3, Winter 2012)

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Part 1: Introduction1 Introduction / Hester Lessard, Rebecca Johnson, and Jeremy WebberPart 2: Narratives of Contact and Arrival in the Canadian Political Space2 Canadian Sovereignty and Universal History / Michael Asch3 Historicizing Narratives of Arrival: The Other Indian Other / Audrey Macklin4 The Conceit of Sovereignty: Toward Post-Colonial Technique / Brenna Bhanda Part 3: Narratives and Narrative Form5 Show Me Yours / Richard Van Camp6 Horseflies, Haireaters, and Bulldogs: In Conversation with Richard Van Camp / Blanca Schorcht7 Counter-Narratives of Arrival and Return: Testing the Interstices of Resistance / Sneja Gunew8 Common Ground around the Tower of Babel / J. Edward ChamberlinPart 4: Contact and Its Narratives9 Juxtaposing Contact Stories in Canada / Anne Godlewska10 Native Women, the Body, Land, and Narratives of Contact and Arrival / Kim Anderson11 The Batman Legend: Remembering and Forgetting the History of Possession and Dispossession / Bain Attwood12 Layered Narratives in Site-Specific "Wild" Places / Jacinta RuruPart 5: Arrival and Its Narratives13 Narratives of Origins and the Emergence of the European Union / Patricia Tuitt14 "Robbed of a Different Life": Alternative Histories, Interrupted Futures / Susan Bibler CoutinPart 6: Institutional Implications: How Would We Do Things Differently If We Took Narrative Seriously?15 Toward a Shared Narrative of Reconciliation: Developments in Canadian Aboriginal Rights Law / S. Ronald Stevenson16 Hoquotist: Reorienting through Storied Practice / Johnny Mack17 Proof and Narrative: "Reproducing the Facts" in Refugee Claims / Donald GallowayPart 7: Theoretical Implications: Where Do We Go from Here?18 Differentiating Liberating Stories from Oppressive Narratives: Memory, Land, and Justice / Martha NandorfyContributors; Index