Mohawk Interruptus
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Audra Simpson's Mohawk Interruptus analyzes how Mohawk people exercise political refusal and assert sovereignty in ways that confound settler expectations about reconciliation and recognition.
Through ethnographic work, Simpson shows how Indigenous refusal is a political stance that challenges colonial frameworks and the limits of liberal recognition.
The book illuminates how settler structures misunderstand or pathologize Indigenous refusal as obstruction rather than political praxis.
Simpson's work reframes debates on recognition, citizenship, and political belonging in settler-colonial contexts.
It has become influential in Indigenous studies for highlighting the tensions between state-led reconciliation and Indigenous demands for genuine sovereignty.
Through ethnographic work, Simpson shows how Indigenous refusal is a political stance that challenges colonial frameworks and the limits of liberal recognition.
The book illuminates how settler structures misunderstand or pathologize Indigenous refusal as obstruction rather than political praxis.
Simpson's work reframes debates on recognition, citizenship, and political belonging in settler-colonial contexts.
It has become influential in Indigenous studies for highlighting the tensions between state-led reconciliation and Indigenous demands for genuine sovereignty.
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