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Loading... Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir (edition 2013)by Deborah A. Miranda (Author)
Work InformationBad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Deborah A. Miranda
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Adult book, but essential information for anyone studying the California Missions or curious about what happened afterward. An incredible read that grabs and doesn't let go. I'll say first off that you should block off time for this book--it's not something you should read in multiple sittings, and you honestly won't want to read it that way. Miranda defies genre as she mashes together archival sourced-history with personal memoir with tribal history with poetry with essay with visual work. Her rich writing--and oh my GOD is it rich, it's so beautiful--really makes the story she's telling all the more rich and vivid. It's also incredibly accessible, and really important for people to read. I'd strongly recommend this to anyone looking to learn more about the ongoing effects of settler colonialism and the logics of elimination that accompany it. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: "If we allow the pieces of our culture to lie scattered in the dust of history, trampled on by racism and grief, then yes, we are irreparably damaged. But if we pick up the pieces and use them in new ways that honor their integrity, their colors, textures, storiesâ??then we do those pieces justice, no matter how sharp they are, no matter how much handling them slices our fingers and makes us bleed." This beautiful and devastating bookâ??part tribal history, part lyric and intimate memoirâ??should be required reading for anyone seeking to learn about California Indian history, past and present. Deborah A. Miranda tells stories of her Ohlone Costanoan Esselen family as well as the experience of California Indians as a whole through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems. The result is a work of literary art that is wise, angry, and playful all at once, a compilation that will break your heart and teach you to see the world a No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)305.8009794Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Ethnic and national groups ; racism, multiculturalism General Biography And History North America West Coast U.S.LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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