When Did Indians Become Straight?

Kinship, the History of Sexuality, and Native Sovereignty
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-975546-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 722 g

When Did Indians Become Straight?explores the complex relationship between sexual mores and shifting forms of Native American self-representation. It offers a cultural and literary history that stretches from the early-nineteenth century to the early-twenty-first century, demonstrating how Euramerican and Native writers have drawn on discourses of sexuality in portraying Native peoples and their sovereignty.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rifkin, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Rifkin is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the author of Manifesting America: The Imperial Construction of U.S. National Space (OUP 2009).