Biopolitics, Geopolitics, Life

“Biopolitics, Geopolitics, Life will transform major conversations in settler-colonial and Indigenous Studies. Its exceptional essays represent impactful and field-defining work.” - Jodi A. Byrd, author of The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism

"[A] superb collection of essays. . . . This book has a usefulness and range which is itself reflective of the breadth and dynamism of Indigenous Studies today; it moves between a very great number of disciplines . . . and features contributions that focus on the Americas, Aotearoa/New Zealand, and Australia as well as Hawai’i." - Padraig Kirwan, Modern Language Review

"The timeliness of Biopolitics, Geopolitics, Life owes to the continuing urgency to examine the systemic colonial violence that structures deployments of and false divisions between the biopolitical an1 the geopolitical. Plus, the geopolitical span of the essays invites consideration of how the networked structures of empire conjoin different peoples and lands, and how life denying divisions can and are being refused and resisted." - Cynthia G. Franklin, American Literary History

"The volume is . . . brilliantly successful in demonstrating the capacity of Indigenous epistemologies to transform conversations in critical theory, and it outlines new paths for the development of Indigenous critical theory. Individual chapters would make worthy additions to advanced undergraduate classes and the volume as a whole will be essential reading for graduate seminars on Indigenous critical theory and related disciplines. Biopolitics, Geopolitics, Life opens space for deeper engagements between Indigenous studies and allied disciplines." - Matthew Kruer, Native American and Indigenous Studies

"The essays in Biopolitics, Geopolitics, Life are provocative and cutting-edge, and offer many potential uses for research and teaching. The volume feels cohesive, and the chapters are exceptionally well-organized around key ideas and frameworks, which encourages readers to explore linkages across fields and cultural and geopolitical contexts. Indigenous and settler colonial studies scholars, especially those working within political science, literature, and visual and cultural studies, will surely find this volume to be a valuable resource." - Leah Kuragano, Lateral