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When did Indians become straight? kinship, the history of sexuality, and native sovereignty

Title
When did Indians become straight? [electronic resource] : kinship, the history of sexuality, and native sovereignty / Mark Rifkin.
Author
Rifkin, Mark, 1974-
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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1 online resource (viii, 436 p.)
Uniform Title
When did Indians become straight? (Online)
Alternative Title
When did Indians become straight? (Online)
Subject
  • American literature > White authors > History and criticism
  • American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism
  • Indians in literature
  • Homosexuality in literature
  • Heterosexuality in literature
  • Self-determination, National, in literature
  • Imperialism in literature
  • Indians of North America > Kinship
  • Indians of North America > Ethnic identity
  • Indians of North America > Government relations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction -- Reproducing the Indian: racial birth and native geopolitics in Narrative of the life of Mrs. Mary Jemison and Last of the Mohicans -- Adoption nation: Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Hendrick Aupaumut, and the boundaries of familial feeling -- Romancing kinship: Indian education, the allotment program, and Zitkala-sa's American Indian stories -- Allotment subjectivities and the administration of culture: Ella Deloria, Pine Ridge, and the Indian Reorganization Act -- Finding "our" history: gender, sexuality, and the space of peoplehood in Stone Butch Blues and Mohawk trail -- Tradition and the contemporary queer: sexuality, nationality, and history in Drowning in fire.
LCCN
2010011180
OCLC
ssj0000474395
Author
Rifkin, Mark, 1974-
Title
When did Indians become straight? [electronic resource] : kinship, the history of sexuality, and native sovereignty / Mark Rifkin.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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