Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States
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Mohawk Interruptus is a bold challenge to dominant thinking in the fields of Native studies and anthropology. Combining political theory with ethnographic research among the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke, a reserve community in what is now southwestern Quebec, Audra Simpson examines their struggles to articulate and maintain political sovereignty through centuries of settler colonialism. The Kahnawà:ke Mohawks are part of the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy. Like many Iroquois peoples, they insist on the integrity of Haudenosaunee governance and refuse American or Canadian citizenship. Audra Simpson thinks through this politics of refusal, which stands in stark contrast to the politics of cultural recognition. Tracing the implications of refusal, Simpson argues that one sovereign political order can exist nested within a sovereign state, albeit with enormous tension around issues of jurisdiction and legitimacy. Finally, Simpson critiques anthropologists and political scientists, whom, she argues, have too readily accepted the assumption that the colonial project is complete. Belying that notion, Mohawk Interruptus calls for and demonstrates more robust and evenhanded forms of inquiry into indigenous politics in the teeth of settler governance. Review: Interrupting “traditional” anthropological research - Excellent ethnographic research! Dr. Simpson’s work is a fresh and life-giving breath! Definitely a part of the new Indigenous canon. Review: Amazing Work. - Amazing work. Perhaps the most important text to read for any aspiring Anthropologist, or any who wish to study the First Nations, or any indigenous people.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 73 Reviews |
V**Z
Interrupting “traditional” anthropological research
Excellent ethnographic research! Dr. Simpson’s work is a fresh and life-giving breath! Definitely a part of the new Indigenous canon.
J**O
Amazing Work.
Amazing work. Perhaps the most important text to read for any aspiring Anthropologist, or any who wish to study the First Nations, or any indigenous people.
G**S
Gate keepers should keep an open mind and perhaps learn something from her brilliant approach for thinking through ethnography a
Simpson eloquently and with much force lays out the issues of settler colonialism and the effects of on-going colonialism in her community. It is an exemplary book for it methodology and intervention in the field of anthropology, Haudenosaunee Studies, and in Indigenous Studies broadly conceived. Gate keepers should keep an open mind and perhaps learn something from her brilliant approach for thinking through ethnography and working with Indigenous peoples in asymmetrical relations of power. Native and Non-Native academics and Indigenous communities alike will find the style engaging.
R**R
balances high theory with first-hand experience and personal insight
Book balances high theory with first-hand experience and personal insight. Helps readers understand questions of sovereignty, borders, and the ongoing politics of colonization from a native perspective.
M**Y
Four Stars
Good read with some personal accounts of native life and the struggles faced on a daily basis. Would recommend.
M**E
Used is used! Doesn’t qualify as good!
This book came bent and full of notes and highlights. This is not good it is unacceptable.
A**I
... taught waaaaay more often in methods and ethics courses like why don't we talk about that more
I think clearly this is a critical work to think about refusal and how refusal is taken up both by scholars (as in "ethnographic refusal" which ought to be taught waaaaay more often in methods and ethics courses like why don't we talk about that more??) but also as a way of Indigenous politics that is really worth thinking about. I think for NN folks, this is definitely worth thinking about borders and recognition/refusal, and in thinking about what constitutes sovereignty and recognizable sovereignty. I will probably be returning to this at some point, because it's such a critical work and some of it was fairly dense, but I do think it has so much to contribute in terms of thinking about mobility and its limits.
S**M
Amazing read
Loved this book. I ordered it for a class, but would definitely recommend for anyone’s library. Simpson provides such a nuanced perspective to anthropological inquiry and the ways that colonialism has been supported within academia. They speak about writing from a place of refusal and that will stick with me throughout my educational journey
K**S
Brilliant insightful writing.
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