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Indigenous Communalism

Belonging, Healthy Communities, and Decolonizing the Collective

by Carolyn Smith-Morris

Published by: Rutgers University Press

Subjects:Race and Ethnic Studies, Indigenous Studies, Anthropology

192 Pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, 7 b-w figures

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9781978805415
Published: October 18, 2019

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Description
Contents
Authors
Praise

Preface
            Positioning
            Acknowledgements

Introduction
            To Begin, What is Communalism?
            Politics of Indigeneity - What is Indigenous?
            or
            Terms, Frames, and Representations
            Why is Communalism Missing
            The Dangers of Communalism
            Communalism and Health
            Community with the Name ‘Gila River’
            Committing to Communal Rights of Indigenous Peoples
            Outline of the Book

Chapter 1 - Belonging
            Introductions
            Relationships and Being Present
            Building Consensus
            An Introduction to Communalism
            The Dangers of Communalism
            The Touchstones of Belonging
            Conclusion - More than Membership

Chapter 2 - Generation
            Individuals in a Communal Context
            Western Individualism
            Pima Individualism(s)
            Generating Community Out of Individuals

Chapter 3 - Representation
            Authority and Representation
            Representing Communal Knowledge
            Representation & Race - Communal Genetics
            Representing Indigenous Diversity

Chapter 4 - Hybridity
            Hybridity and Human Community
            Extremes of Communalism
            Individual/Communal Conflict at Gila River
            Theories of Hybridity and Divisibility
The Communal Individual
            Protecting the Communal Individual

Chapter 5 - Asserting Communalism
            Case 1 - Communalism in Research
Case 2 - Communalism and the Body
Case 3 - Communalism in Healing
Fostering Communalism

Chapter 6 - Indigenous Communalism - Global Implications
            Is There a Global Indigenous Communalism?
            Place
            Global Indigenous Communalism
            Foundations in Place
            Communalism and Rights
            Conclusion - Representing Communalism

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index