{"product_id":"beyond-two-worlds-james-joseph-buss-9781438453415","title":"Beyond Two Worlds: Critical Conversations on Language and Power in Native North America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the origins, efficacy, legacy, and consequences of envisioning both Native and non-Native \"worlds.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Two Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e brings together scholars of Native history and Native American studies to offer fresh insights into the methodological and conceptual significance of the \"two-worlds framework.\" They address the following questions: Where did the two-worlds framework originate? How has it changed over time? How does it continue to operate in today's world? Most people recognize the language of binaries birthed by the two-worlds trope-savage and civilized, East and West, primitive and modern. For more than four centuries, this lexicon has served as a grammar for settler colonialism. While many scholars have chastised this type of terminology in recent years, the power behind these words persists. With imagination and a critical evaluation of how language, politics, economics, and culture all influence the expectations that we place on one another, the contributors to this volume rethink the two-worlds trope, adding considerably to our understanding of the past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Joseph Buss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438453418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438453415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 6.35w x 1.12d","brand":"James Joseph Buss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47305240576255,"sku":"9781438453415","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8c40838-5e01-4bd9-84f3-36b58cb2f6dc.jpg?v=1758830341","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-two-worlds-james-joseph-buss-9781438453415","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}