Sovereign Selves: American Indian Autobiography and the Law

by David J. Carlson

This book is an exploration of how American Indian autobiographers' approaches to writing about their own lives have been impacted by American legal systems from the Revolutionary War until the 1920s. Historically, Native American autobiographers have written in the shadow of "Indian law," a nuanced form of natural law discourse with its own set of related institutions and forms (the reservation, the treaty, etc.). In Sovereign Selves, David...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252072669
• ISBN13: 9780252072666
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.0"