{"product_id":"the-erotics-of-sovereignty-mark-rifkin-9780816677832","title":"The Erotics of Sovereignty: Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1970 the Nixon administration inaugurated a new era in federal Indian policy. No more would the U.S. government seek to deny and displace Native peoples or dismantle Native governments; from now on federal policy would promote \"the Indian's sense of autonomy without threatening his sense of community.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Erotics of Sovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Rifkin offers a telling perspective on what such a policy of self-determination has meant and looks at how contemporary queer Native writers use representations of sensation to challenge official U.S. accounts of Native identity. Rifkin focuses on four Native writers--Qwo-Li Driskill (Cherokee), Deborah Miranda (Esselen), Greg Sarris (Graton Rachería), and Chrystos (Menominee)--approaching their fiction and poetry as forms of political theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRifkin shows how the work of these queer or two-spirit Native writers affirms the significance of the erotic as an exercise of individual and community sovereignty. In this way, we come to see how their work contests the homophobic, sexist, and exclusivist policies and attitudes of tribal communities as well as those of the nation-state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Rifkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816677832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816677832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012","brand":"Mark Rifkin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483715743999,"sku":"9780816677832","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c00d5bdc-f7b3-46bb-9407-307ea3d09ce9.jpg?v=1778040187","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-erotics-of-sovereignty-mark-rifkin-9780816677832","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}