Mediating Indianness

“Mediating Indianness offers a cornucopia of voices proclaiming that Native American identity is alive, expressive, and still under construction. . . . Standing behind the volume, visible here and there in shadowy form, sometimes stepping out into the light, is the archetypal figure of the writer and activist Gerald Vizenor.”
—Paul Spickard, author of Almost All Aliens and Multiple Identities

This volume is as crucial as it is timely, and it is precise in its fusion of historical research with astute descriptions of contemporary Native American life.
—Mita Banerjee, Director, Center for Comparative Native and Indigenous Studies, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

Theoretically sophisticated, the assembled essays create a veritable palimpsest of readings by Native scholars, European experts, and creative artists.
—John Wharton Lowe, Barbara Lester Methvin Distinguished Professor, University of Georgia

Mediating Indianness is an exemplary project arising from a fruitful international dialogue at the current intersections of ethnic and media studies.
—Klaus Zilles, Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations, Barcelona, Spain

I was struck by how flexible and alive this collection was, purposely unsticking, unsealing so many working assumptions about Native identity and culture.
—Susan Power, author of Sacred Wilderness

Mediating Indianness offers a cornucopia of voices proclaiming that Native American identity is alive, expressive, and still under construction. . . . Standing behind the volume, visible here and there in shadowy form, sometimes stepping out into the light, is the archetypal figure of the writer and activist Gerald Vizenor.
—Paul Spickard, author of Almost All Aliens and Multiple Identities