Relating Indigenous and Settler Identities: Beyond Domination

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Springer, Sep 29, 2014 - Social Science - 251 pages
This book uses identity theories to explore the struggles of indigenous peoples against the domination of the settler imaginary in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. The book argues that a new relational imaginary can revolutionize the way settler peoples think about and relate to indigenous difference.
 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
The Settler Imaginary
24
Postcolonial Resistances
92
Towards the Relational Imaginary
137
Afterword
198
Notes
201
Bibliography
223
Index
243
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Avril Bell is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. She specializes in settler identities and the relationships between settler and indigenous peoples, particularly in relation to New Zealand society. Her work addresses the ongoing legacies of colonization and practices of decolonization.