Speaking for the People: Native Writing and the Question of Political Form

by Mark Rifkin

Book Overview

In Speaking for the People Mark Rifkin examines nineteenth-century Native writings to reframe contemporary debates around Indigenous recognition, refusal, and resurgence. Rifkin shows how works by Native authors (William Apess, Elias Boudinot, Sarah Winnemucca, and Zitkala-Sa) illustrate the intellectual labor involved in representing modes of Indigenous political identity and placemaking. These writers highlight the complex processes involved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478014334
• ISBN13: 9781478014331
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"