Indigenous bodies

Description:

This interdisciplinary collection of essays, by both Natives and non-Natives, explores presentations and representations of indiegenous bodies in historial and contemporary contexts. REcent decades have seen a wealth of scholarship on the body in a wide range of disciplines. Indigenous Bodies extends this scholarship in exciting new ways, bringing together the disciplinary expertise of NAtive studies scholars from around the world. The book is particularly concerned with the Native body as a site of persistent fascination, colonial oppression, and indigenous agency, along with the endurance of these legacies within Native communities. At the core of this collection lies a dual commitment to exposing numerous and diverse disempowerments of indigenous people,s and to recognizing the many ways in which these same people retained and/or reclaimed agency. Issues of reviewing, relocating, and reclaiming bodies are examinied in the chapters, which are paired to bring to light juxtapositions and connections and further the transnational development of indigenous studies.

subjects: Human figure in art,  Indian artists,  Indian philosophy,  Indian art,  History and criticism,  American literature,  Indian literature,  Human body in literature,  Symbolic aspects,  Indian authors,  Human body,  Indian art, north america,  Indian philosophy, north america,  Indian literature, history and criticism,  American literature, indian authors,  Human body in art

Places: North America