The Territorialities of U.S. Imperialism(s)
- ‘The Territorialities of U.S. Imperialisms’ sets into relation U.S. imperial and Indigenous conceptions of territoriality as articulated in U.S. legal texts and Indigenous life writing in the 19th century. It analyzes the ways in which U.S. legal texts as “legal fictions” narratively press to affirm the United States’ territorial sovereignty and coherence in spite of its reliance on a variety of imperial practices that flexibly disconnect and (re)connect U.S. sovereignty, jurisdiction and territory. At the same time, the book acknowledges Indigenous life writing as legal texts in their own right and with full juridical force, which aim to highlight the heterogeneity of U.S. national territory both from their individual perspectives and in conversation with these legal fictions. Through this, the book’s analysis contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the coloniality of U.S. legal fictions, while highlighting territoriality as a key concept in the fashioning of the narrative of U.S. imperialism.
Author details: | Jens TemmenORCiD |
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ISBN: | 978-3-8253-4713-0 |
Title of parent work (English): | American Studies ; 308 |
Subtitle (English): | Conflicting Discourses of Sovereignty, Jurisdiction and Territory in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Legal Texts and Indigenous Life Writing |
Publisher: | Winter |
Place of publishing: | Heidelberg |
Publication type: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2020 |
Publication year: | 2020 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Granting institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Date of final exam: | 2019/08/28 |
Release date: | 2020/09/25 |
Number of pages: | x, 259 |
Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |