| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Critical indigeneities |
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Critical indigeneities.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Chapter One. Settler orientalism : The Asian racialization of Alaska Natives -- Chapter Two. Fictions of the last frontier : Alaska's gold rush and the legend of China Joe -- Chapter Three. Unbecoming workers : Asian men and Native women in Alaska's canneries -- Chapter Four. Picture Man : Photographer Shoki Kayamori and settler militarism -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
"As the enduring "last frontier," Alaska proves an indispensable context for examining the form and function of American colonialism, particularly in the shift from western continental expansion to global empire. In this richly theorized work, Juliana Hu Pegues evaluates four key historical periods in U.S.-Alaskan history: the Alaskan purchase, the Gold Rush, the emergence of salmon canneries, and the World War II era. In each, Hu Pegues recognizes colonial and racial entanglements between Alaska Native peoples and Asian immigrants. In the midst of this complex interplay, the American colonial project advanced by differentially racializing and gendering Indigenous and Asian peoples, constructing Asian immigrants as "out of place" and Alaska Natives as "out of time." Counter to this space-time colonialism, Native and Asian peoples created alternate modes of meaning and belonging through their literature, photography, political organizing, and sociality"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Proquest, viewed on July 19, 2021) |
| Subject |
Alaska Natives -- History
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Asians -- Alaska -- History
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Immigrants -- Alaska -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
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Immigrants
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Colonization
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Asians
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Alaska Natives
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| SUBJECT |
Alaska -- Colonization
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| Subject |
Alaska
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020051377 |
| ISBN |
9781469656205 |
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1469656205 |
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9781469656199 (ebook) |
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1469656191 (ebook) |
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