Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Subjects of Empire
1. The Politics of Recognition in Colonial Contexts
2. For the Land: The Dene Nation’s Struggle for
Self-Determination
3. Essentialism and the Gendered Politics of Aboriginal
Self-Government
4. Seeing Red: Reconciliation and Resentment
5. The Plunge into the Chasm of the Past: Fanon, Self-Recognition,
and Decolonization
Conclusion. Lessons from Idle No More: The Future of Indigenous
Activism
Notes
Index
Glen Sean Coulthard (Yellowknives Dene) is assistant professor in the First Nations Studies Program and the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.
"While Red Skin, White Masks focuses on indigenous experiences in
Canada, it is immediately applicable to understanding the false
promise of recognition, liberal pluralism, and reconciliation at
the heart of colonial relationships between indigenous peoples and
nation-states elsewhere. Glen Sean Coulthard is able to bring a
remarkably distinctive and provocative look at issues of power and
opposition relevant to anyone concerned with what constitutes and
perpetuates imperialist state formations and what indigenous
alternatives offer in regards to freedom."—Joanne Barker, San
Francisco State University"Red Skin, White Masks offers a
sustained, well-informed, and sophisticated critique of the
recognition paradigm as an effective theoretical frame for projects
of decolonization."—Paul Patton, University of New South Wales
"Red Skin, White Masks is not only a landmark contribution to
political theory, it is also a call to action."—Briarpatch
Magazine"A must read."—Contemporary Political Theory"Highly
recommended for those interested in understanding Indigenous
movements and social movements in particular."—CHOICE"Coulthard
proposes a new narrative of Canadian history in which
non-Aboriginals will have to recognize that our society is
fundamentally shaped by Aboriginal culture and come to terms with a
much greater level of power sharing than we so far have
contemplated."—GEIST"A timely book, resonant with the frustration
of Indigenous communities who have pursued formal political
negotiations with the Canadian settler colonial state for decades
without meaningful change."—Antipode"Coulthard’s fundamental
insight is that we urgently need a new theory and practice of
settler decolonization."—Native American and Indigenous Studies
Journal "The rich ideas that are shared throughout the book
serve to raise the consciousness of not only non-Aboriginal
readers, but those who are First Nations and committed to the
continued examinations of the critical thresholds of colonial
practices."—The Canadian Journal of Native Studies"U.S. historians
should heed the example set by Coulthard so that readers can better
understand the self-determination activities and efforts of native
nations today."—Journal of American History"A brilliant
contribution to the fields of political theory and critical
Indigenous studies, offering remarkable explanatory power for
state-Indigenous relations in Canada today."—Stefan Andreas Kipfer
in AAG Review of Books"Red Skin, White Masks provides a much needed
analysis of Indigenous struggles articulated through a politics
fueled not by harmony and pacification, but by grounded theory,
which wraps us in an affective decolonial terrain that fosters a
commitment to mobilize ourselves."—Sarah Hunt in AAG Review of
Books"Red Skin, White Masks deserves to be widely read, in
political philosophy and by all those concerned with furthering
justice in an unequal, unjust world."—Theoria: A Journal of Social
and Political Theory"His critical discussions of the theories of
recognition, multiculturalism and identity politics are fresh and
engaging."—Political Studies Review
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