Unsettling America The Uses of Indianness in the 21st Century

Unsettling America explores the uses of Indianness in the 21st century. It concerns itself with images of Native Americans and the ways in which American Indians have interpreted, challenged, and reworked them. Its close readings offer deeper understandings of racism, culture, and sovereignty. It takes up four themes of ongoing stereotyping; how indigenous peoples have figured in post-9/11 political debates; metaphors employed to enhance social visibility; and the exertion of cultural sovereignty.