The Creator's Game: Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood - Couverture souple

Downey, Allan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0774836032 ISBN 13 : 9780774836036

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2018

Synopsis

Lacrosse has been a central element of Indigenous cultures for centuries, but once non-Indigenous players entered the sport, it became a site of appropriation - then reclamation - of Indigenous identities. The Creator's Game focuses on the history of lacrosse in Indigenous communities from the 1860s to the 1990s, exploring Indigenous-non-Indigenous relations and Indigenous identity formation. While the game was being appropriated in the process of constructing a new identity for the nation-state of Canada, it was also being used by Indigenous peoples to resist residential school experiences, initiate pan-Indigenous political mobilization, and articulate Indigenous sovereignty. This engaging and innovative book provides a unique view of Indigenous self-determination and nationhood in the face of settler-colonialism.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Allan Downey is Dakelh, Nak'azdli Whut'en, and an assistant professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774836032
• ISBN 13: 9780774836036
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364
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• Personne responsable: non disponible