The Erotics of Sovereignty: Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination

by Mark Rifkin

In 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."

In The Erotics of Sovereignty, Mark Rifkin offers a telling perspective on what such a policy of self-determination has meant and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816677832
• ISBN13: 9780816677832
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"