Unsettling Thoreau : Native Americans, settler colonialism, and the power of place /
Henry David Thoreau's widely known interest in Native Americans has been a recurring topic of attention, yet it is also a source of modern debate. John J. Kucich charges into the contradiction of Thoreau, considering how he could demonstrate respect for this group on one hand and ignore their g...
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| Language: | English |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2024].
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| Summary: | Henry David Thoreau's widely known interest in Native Americans has been a recurring topic of attention, yet it is also a source of modern debate. John J. Kucich charges into the contradiction of Thoreau, considering how he could demonstrate respect for this group on one hand and ignore their genocide on the other. Thoreau's long study of Native peoples, as reflected in his writing, allowed him to glimpse an Indigenous worldview, but it never fully freed him from the blind spots of settler colonialism. Drawing on Indigenous studies and critiques of settler colonialism, as well as new materialist approaches, Unsettling Thoreau explores the stakes of Thoreau's effort to live mindfully and ethically in place when living alongside, or replacing marginalized peoples. By examining the vast sweep of his writings and placing them alongside Native writers and communities, this book gauges Thoreau's effort to use Indigenous knowledge to reimagine a settler colonial world, without removing him from its trappings. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781625348357 1625348355 9781625348340 1625348347 |