Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity

Distorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white, French...
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Author: Darryl LeRoux
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Language: English
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Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity by LeRoux, Darryl

Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity

€45,43

Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity

€45,43
Author: Darryl LeRoux
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Distorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white, French descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self-defined "Indigenous" identity. This study is not about individuals who have been dispossessed by colonial policies, or the multi-generational efforts to reconnect that occur in response. Rather, it is about white, French-descendant people discovering an Indigenous ancestor born 300 to 375 years ago through genealogy and using that ancestor as the sole basis for an eventual shift into an "Indigenous" identity today. After setting out the most common genealogical practices that facilitate race shifting, Leroux examines two of the most prominent self-identified "Indigenous" organizations currently operating in Quebec. Both organizations have their origins in committed opposition to Indigenous land and territorial negotiations, and both encourage the use of suspect genealogical practices. Distorted Descent brings to light to how these claims to an "Indigenous" identity are then used politically to oppose actual, living Indigenous peoples, exposing along the way the shifting politics of whiteness, white settler colonialism, and white supremacy.

Author: Darryl LeRoux
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Published: 09/20/2019
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.80w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780887558467


Review Citation(s):
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About the Author
LeRoux, Darryl: - Darryl Leroux is associate professor in the Department of Social Justice and Community Studies at Saint Mary's University in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia). He has been working on the dynamics of racism and colonialism among fellow French descendants for nearly two decades.

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